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lingo

noun as in dialect spoken by a group

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A few of these reports have included amusing “to be sure” paragraphs, to use trade lingo: brief acknowledgments of some contrary argument or analogous trend.

In the healthcare and insurance lingo we’ve all been forced to learn and use in recent years, this was a “well visit.”

How much of the archaic lingo below can you decipher?

When it comes to surfing, they know the lingo and the fun.

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One doesn't need to know all the intricate finance lingo about "subprime mortgages" and investment "bundles" to understand why we must keep regulators in power who will prevent such shenanigans in the future.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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