a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); they dont speak our lingo

[ Syn: slang , cant , jargon , lingo , argot , patois ]

the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; common parlance; a vernacular term; vernacular speakers; the vulgar tongue of the masses; the technical and vulgar names for an animal species

[ Syn: common , vulgar ]