vernacular
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Most of the time, I can overlook diluted queer vernacular popping up in the most random places.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
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
By around 1850, popping varieties emerged in New England and “pop-corn” entered the vernacular.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
It can be anything from a particular vernacular that they only employ when they’re deeply moved, or the way the light falls across a one-in-8-billion facial structure you could never have dreamed of.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
With it came the word descubrimento, meaning first ‘exploration’ and then ‘discovery’; and then this word, in its vernacular equivalents, spread across Europe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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