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acrolect

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Definition of acrolect

as in mother tongue

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Acting was entirely new territory, but there was a comfort level in the role being Thai and her character speaking both English and her mother tongue.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
To clarify his point, the festival regular must cite his mother tongue.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Definition of mother tongue

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Google says training across languages, dialects, and different proficiency levels helped the model learn structures shared between sign languages.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Outpouring of grief The sound of sobbing underlays chanting in dozens of dialects woven together in a single expression of sorrow for Imam Hussein and his companions and family, killed and taken captive in the defining event of Shia Islam.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

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In response, the town shifted its marketing to late-night booze-ups and wedding parties (known, in British parlance, as stag dos and hen dos), and subsequently grew a reputation as a sandcastle Sodom.

— George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
In OpenAI's current parlance, a plugin is a bundle of apps, instructions, role-specific skills, and recurring workflows rather than an external application or a folder of sample prompts.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of parlance

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Young artists like the members of the Chilean boy band Q_ARE are fusing these elements with Latin music styles, Spanish and English lyrics and Chilean slang to pioneer a uniquely Latino pop subgenre.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
The latest slang to capture the Gen Z zeitgeist is a way to say poser, try-hard or fraud.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of slang

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Bugs, with his carrot-chomping patter, naturally brought out the character’s talkative side in their occasional matchups.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
The boosted bass gets a little overbearing when the kick drum is at a constant patter, particularly during the mounting crescendo near the end, which creates something of a muddy swell in the lower register.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of patter

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Instead of dropping an off-the-shelf industrial layout into an unwilling town, teams can dynamically adjust spatial footprints, integrate natural sound barriers, and match structural envelopes to local architectural vernacular.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Beyond the forever home Every boom develops its own architectural vernacular.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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