noun
- plural of lingo; specialized languages or vocabularies used by particular groups
Usage: informal
Examples
- The medical students struggled to understand the different lingoes used in various hospital departments.
- Each profession has its own lingoes that outsiders find difficult to follow.
- The conference featured speakers discussing the lingoes of different scientific fields.
- Computer programmers often switch between multiple technical lingoes during their work.
- The anthropologist studied the various lingoes used by different cultural groups.
- Legal lingoes can be particularly challenging for ordinary citizens to comprehend.