LINGO


Meaning of LINGO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪŋgoʊ ]

( lingos)

1.

People sometimes refer to a foreign language, especially one that they do not speak or understand, as a lingo . ( INFORMAL )

I don’t speak the lingo.

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

A lingo is a range of words or a style of language which is used in a particular situation or by a particular group of people. ( INFORMAL )

In record-business lingo, that means he wanted to buy the rights to the song and market it.

...an author who writes in a lurid lingo, freely punctuated with crude expletives.

N-UNCOUNT : also a N , usu with supp

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