lingo

Example Sentences

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From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

In the healthcare and insurance lingo we’ve all been forced to learn and use in recent years, this was a “well visit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

One widely-shared POV — internet lingo for “point of view” — video on TikTok shows a grumpy toddler striding officiously through an empty office.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025

I was thinking, “Hey, Mr.W. — where’s all your ‘Dude’ and ‘Cat’ lingo?

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick