LINGO
What does "LINGO" mean?
The special vocabulary or jargon used by a particular group.
Meanings
- The specialized or technical vocabulary of a particular field, group, or activity, often hard for outsiders to follow. It took me weeks to pick up the surfers' lingo. informal
- A foreign or unfamiliar language (now somewhat dated). He couldn't follow a word of the local lingo on his first day abroad. informal
Did you know?
- 'Lingo' and 'language', 'linguistics', and 'lingua franca' all trace back to the Latin 'lingua', meaning tongue - the literal body part doing the talking.
Word origin
Probably from Provençal or Portuguese 'lingoa', from Latin 'lingua', meaning tongue or language; possibly reinforced through the trade pidgin 'lingua franca'.
Remember it
LINGO starts like 'lingua' (Latin for tongue) and 'linguistics' - all the talking words share that tongue.
A little poem
Each trade builds a fence of words to keep the outsider out;
learn the lingo, and the fence becomes a door.
couplet
Wordplay
- I joined the linguistics club but couldn't follow the conversation. Turns out their lingo was a foreign tongue - literally and figuratively.
What it teaches
Every jargon is a gate; learning the lingo is how outsiders quietly become insiders.
Quick facts
What does LINGO mean?
The special vocabulary or jargon used by a particular group.
Is LINGO a valid word?
Yes — LINGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LINGO?
LINGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LINGO come from?
Probably from Provençal or Portuguese 'lingoa', from Latin 'lingua', meaning tongue or language; possibly reinforced through the trade pidgin 'lingua franca'.
What can LINGO teach us?
Every jargon is a gate; learning the lingo is how outsiders quietly become insiders.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.