lingoes

Variant of lingo

lingo definition

lingo (liŋ′gō)

noun pl. lingoes -·goes

Informal language; esp., a dialect, jargon, or special vocabulary that one is not familiar with: a humorous or disparaging term the lingo of the doctors

Etymology: Prov lingo, lengo < L lingua, tongue: see language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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