lingo
pronunciation
How to pronounce lingo in British English:
UK [ˈlɪŋgəʊ]
How to pronounce lingo in American English:
US [ˈlɪŋgoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Word Origin
- lingo (n.)
- "foreign speech," 1650s, possibly a corrupt form of lingua franca (q.v.), or from Provençal lingo "language, tongue," from Old Provençal lenga, from Latin lingua "tongue" (see lingual).
Example
- 1. In market lingo those assets are inversely correlated .
- 2. And tokyo 's commuter lingo doesn 't stop there-or get much cheerier .
- 3. How do you begin to complain if you don 't know the lingo ?
- 4. Microsoft is adept at treating competitors as " frenemies " , in the lingo of silicon valley .
- 5. The term probably came from the internal lingo at facebook , but it has spread widely among technology companies .