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Lingo

//ˈliŋ.ɡoʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. countable, informal, uncountable

    "[...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas."

  2. 2
    a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) wordnet
  3. 3
    An Aboriginal language. countable, uncountable

    "Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

Scottish surname, probably altered from Lingoch, a parish of Carnbee. The placename could be from the noun ling (“heather”). More at Lingo.

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