lingo


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lingo/ˈlɪŋɡəʊ/
noun (pl. lingos or lingoes) informal, often humorous a foreign language.

■ the jargon of a subject or group.

– origin C17: prob. via Port. lingoa from L. lingua ‘tongue’.
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