LINGO
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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LINGO. An informal, slangy, usually dismissive term for: (1) A language that is perceived as strange and unintelligible: ‘When men speak French, or any Out-landish Linguo’ ( J. Chubbe,
Miscellaneous Tracts, 1770). (2) A hybrid
PATOIS, often as used in an area where different language groups meet:
Border Lingo, a name for the mix of English and Spanish in Texas, also known as
TEX-MEX. (3) An unusual way of speaking that is hard to follow;
SLANG or
JARGON: ‘I have often warned you not to talk the court gibberish to me. I tell you, I don't understand the lingo’ ( Henry Fielding,
Tom Jones, 1749). Compare
-ESE,
-SPEAK,
TALK.
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