Tonguage

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any activity involving the tongue; tonguing. uncountable
  2. 2
    Language; spoken language, as opposed to other forms of language (body language, written language, etc.). nonstandard, rare, uncountable

    "Whether the ideas underlying them are expressed and conveyed by eyeage or by tonguage is a detail that matters nothing."

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"Whether the ideas underlying them are expressed and conveyed by eyeage or by tonguage is a detail that matters nothing."

Etymology

From tongue + -age modelled after language; or a blend of tongue + language.

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