lingo

Example Sentences

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There's a lot of astro-jargon involved in space missions, and TLI is the latest space lingo many of those following this mission have come to know.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Macroeconomists call such a scenario “indeterminacy” — economist lingo that simply means that key macroeconomic variables such as employment, output growth and inflation have no stable resting point.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

When you started at Google in 2015, having just left Morgan Stanley, how confusing was the lingo, given your background in finance?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

When it comes to surfing, they know the lingo and the fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

And if our readers do know the lingo, we might be insulting their intelligence by spelling it out.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker