vernacular
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The excitement comes with its own vernacular, as “powder hounds” hit the slopes, looking for “fresh tracks” and “chasing pow.”
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026
In his own vernacular, he "mogs" everyone he meets - he is so at the top of his game that he outshines everyone in his presence.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
By around 1850, popping varieties emerged in New England and “pop-corn” entered the vernacular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
They’re hearty, warm, cheesy, creamy and indulgent — just a few words that are part of the season’s culinary vernacular.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
To him, Hunt was the janissary of a dead vernacular.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
“People at the top spoke a different language, often Latin, and populations would speak local vernaculars, which were not standardized.”
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
This media can’t be boring or overly wonky — it must speak in popular vernaculars with style and panache.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
She is intimate with its maps and vernaculars, and the way summer settles hard on the north-central plains along the Brazos River south of Horseshoe Bend near Granbury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
While womenswear owes a debt to hip-hop, street style and athleticism, contemporary menswear is far more deeply indebted to those vernaculars.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Translations into various vernaculars were immediately called for, and the Latin edition having lightened the translator's labours, they were speedily supplied.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing vernacular
The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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