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S: (n) slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)) "they don't speak our lingo"

S: (n) street name (slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)) "`smack' is a street name for heroin"
S: (n) rhyming slang (slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component) "Cockney rhyming slang"

S: (n) non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)

S: (n) baby talk, babytalk (the developing speech of a young child)
S: (n) baby talk, babytalk, motherese (an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child)
S: (n) dialect, idiom, accent (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people) "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
S: (n) localism (a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality)
S: (n) regionalism (a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region)
S: (n) telegraphese (language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams)
S: (n) vernacular (the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language))
S: (n) slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)) "they don't speak our lingo"
S: (n) slang, slang expression, slang term (informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar) "their speech was full of slang expressions"

S: (n) patois (a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)