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annotation
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a critical or explanatory note
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appellation
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a name title or designation
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eponym
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a person whose name is the sorce of the name of something
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linguistics
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the study of the nature stucture and variation of language
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malapropism
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ridiculous misuse of a word, especiall by confusing it with one of similar sound
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neologism
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a new word,expression, or usage
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parlance
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a particular manner of speaking
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patois
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a regional dialect especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition
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polyglot
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using of several languages
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vulgar
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of or related to the language of the common people
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