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lingo noun1. colloq. (orig. joc. & derog.). Pl. -o(e)s. M17.
[Prob. from Portuguese lingoa var. of lingua from Latin LINGUA.]
A foreign speech or language; the vocabulary of a special subject or class of people.
W. Safire It was not until the 1960's that 'freak out' blossomed into drug lingo. E. Figes 'German is a hideous lingo,' muttered Claude.