Associations to the word «Lingo»

Wiktionary

LINGO, noun. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group or region; jargon or a dialect.

Dictionary definition

LINGO, noun. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky