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/ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ̯/ · noun
(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect..
[...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.
"You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.
Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.
Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.
Use lingo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lingo means (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect..
Common synonyms include vernacular, cant, jargon, slang.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.
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