vocabulary

Those words that we speak

"My vocabulary is.... um... yeah..."

by Trimm October 21, 2003

improve your vocabulary

a phrase meaning: learn not only social manners, but, above all, how to correctly talk to your elders and people with more power and/or authority than you.

younger brother: yo Amos, you big bully of a brother, give me your candy.

Amos: Sean, idiotagers have no manners these days. I am giving you two choices. now choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. one, either you eat your own cheese for talking to me like that, or two you improve your vocabulary. Got that? Now, go scratch yourself and come back to me when you have made up your mind.

by Sexydimma February 20, 2013

tiktok vocabulary

Cringe words and phrases that stemmed from the TikTok app such as "no❤️", it's the _______ for me, these comments did not pass the vibe check, and words surrounded by an "✨" emoji on both sides to signify emphasis. Phrases like this

Reading Karen's rant on her Facebook page reminded me of TikTok vocabulary

by jp447 October 15, 2020

vocabulary hijacking

Choosing a word because it evokes a specific emotion rather than because it is accurate.

After 9/11 the word "terrorism" became a much more emotional term for Americans than before, when it was equally deplorable yet much more theoretical in most people's minds (i.e. something that happens elsewhere). Consequently, politically active people engaged in vocabulary hijacking by applying the term "terrorist" to their opponent's activities (e.g. environmental "terrorists", government-sponsored "terrorists", anti-choice "terrorists").

by FigurinOutLife April 9, 2006

prison vocabulary

A vocabulary that includes obscure polysyllabic words that are often used incorrectly and/or out of their proper context. Specifically with people who don’t have the elloquence or articulate speech to match it.
Named so, because it was first observed with Mike Tyson after he finished a prison sentence for rape. One could imagine him sitting in his jail cell with nothing to do but read his dictionary.

From Tv: Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!"

Martha: Did he just use the words impetuous and Impregnable
Lucius: Thats his prison vocabulary

by Ben faulding May 11, 2006

mocabulary

A portmanteau formed from motion + vocabulary; a person's understanding of hand signals and other body language.

That gesture isn't in my mocabulary... maybe he was having a seizure or something.

by BobClone17 March 1, 2011

hokabulary

1. n. The hokey vocabulary one forms by reading too much Urban Dictionary.

2. n. (also hocabulary) The way an urban female speaks.

Man, I can't understand a word of my kid's hokabulary. I'm cutting off his internet!

by Farmee October 15, 2010