lingo

"Why are we getting into the lingo of Gen Z?" she asked.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The word “hawk” in Fed lingo is associated with senior officials committed to raising rates to tamp down inflation, even if it means some damage to the economy, such as rising unemployment.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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

“Stick around, Ruby Tuesday, and you’ll start picking up the cool-kid lingo, too.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

"How do I know any such thing—that is, for a certainty—while you keep cruising amongst so many lingoes, as Tom there says?"

From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott

The Doctor introduced me, with much affectionate effusion and many particulars concerning my family and early history, to the man of unearthly lingoes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

Men may learn strange lingoes to humour their fellow-men, but how can any dog be expected to understand "Viens ici"?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various

The young man's father was a consul; and he has half a dozen foreign lingoes stowed away in his brain.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper

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 Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell