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lingo

[ling-goh] / ˈlɪŋ goʊ /


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Your client base, meanwhile, is evergreen — or, to employ corporate lingo, “sticky.”

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

“I know the lingo and how to communicate with them. And I think the reception to the story has been quite strong, in that it’s very differentiated to other quantum stories.”

From Barron's May 20, 2026

If the Labour Party is up the creek without a paddle after last week, to revert to Yank lingo, it also finds itself in an anomalous position.

From Salon May 10, 2026

This is the latest in the Wall Street Words series on the history and origin of financial lingo.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

Pollard, in the lingo of jockeys, asked Seabiscuit the question.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

"I been listenin' good, an' I hear 'em jabber, jabber, jabber all dey fanciful lingoes, but I 'ain't heern nair one say polly fronsay, an' yit I know dats de riverend book French."

From Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

That the requisite number of individuals well acquainted with some of the outlandish lingoes which had to be grappled with proved to be forthcoming, is a matter of surprise and a subject for congratulation.

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Callwell, C. E. (Charles Edward), Sir

Well, of all the lingoes I iver heard," said Flathootly, "this is the worst case yet.

From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard

What a sad neglect in our education, among all the acquired lingoes extant, to have overlooked the Gaelic!

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

"I'll bet you hablar those French and German lingoes like a native," he ventured.

From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood




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