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    ►►Re: Name for dialect specific words?◄◄

    Quote Originally Posted by Marshmallow Marshall View Post
    First two are 100 % wrong (check the definitions, they have nothing to do with dialects, they're about "language levels", and lingo is pretty vague and not exclusively about dialects). As for -isms, the only -ism dialect I speak is Communism. URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    Looks like your linguistic skills are as good as you administrate.

    https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionari.../lingo?q=lingo

    Quote Originally Posted by Oxford Dictionary
    (especially North American English) expressions used by a particular group of people
    https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionari.../slang?q=slang


    Quote Originally Posted by Oxford Dictionary
    very informal words and expressions that are more common in spoken language, especially used by a particular group of people, for example, children, criminals, soldiers, etc.
    Group of people can form their own dialect, especially if they've got remnants of their original language influencing those mouth movements.

    If you walked around using 'dialectical' in everyday sentences, it's not just pedantic for people trying to learn the nuances of English, but I would also find it extremely pompous
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    ►►Re: Name for dialect specific words?◄◄

    FORMAL: lingo

    CASUAL: slang or -isms

    Take that, admins.
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