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vernacular
adjective
noun
Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
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vəˈnækjələ
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adjective
Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
“Common parlance”
noun
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
“They don't speak our lingo”
noun
The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
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Common parlance
A vernacular term
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The vulgar tongue of the masses
The technical and vulgar names for an animal species
They don't speak our lingo
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