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vernacular in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    "they don't speak our lingo"
    slang  cant  jargon  lingo  argot  patois  vernacular 
  2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
    vernacular 
adjective
  1. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
    "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
    common  vernacular  vulgar 
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