Jargon: alternatives and connections

Language that is meaningless or hard to understand

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An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is ca…

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A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

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A corner; angle; niche.

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Language; speech; dialect.

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A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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imp. of Sling. Slung.

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Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernac…

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