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substandard language

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scatology collapse: (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes); a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)

vulgar language collapse

slang collapse: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"; 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"; abuse with coarse language; use slang or vulgar language

profanity collapse: vulgar or irreverent speech or action

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

swearing collapse

strong language collapse

cursing collapse: who is uttering obscenities; "arrested the flailing cursing old man"

argot collapse

ribaldry collapse: ribald humor

body language collapse: communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

gesticulation collapse: a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion

lingo collapse

sign language collapse: language expressed by visible hand gestures

double Dutch collapse: the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners; an incomprehensible talk

vocabulary collapse: a language user's knowledge of words; the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"; a listing of the words used in some enterprise

dumb show collapse

shrug collapse: a gesture involving the shoulders; raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

jargon collapse: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

phraseology collapse

secret language collapse

colloquial collapse: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

Babel collapse: a confusion of voices and other sounds

obscenity collapse: an obscene act; the trait of behaving in an obscene manner; an offensive or indecent word or phrase

filth collapse: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse; any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

below the mark collapse

literary style collapse

dictionary collapse: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

gobbledygook collapse: incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

gibberish collapse: unintelligible talking

talkee talkee collapse

lexicon collapse

beck collapse: a beckoning gesture

spoken collapse: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"

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

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