lingua franca

1) A language used as vernacular for communication amongst many speakers of different languages, i.e. a creole.
2) An early version of this, a mix of English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and other languages with Italian.
3) (British) The English variant used by many Asian immigrants, mixing English with Indian tongues like Gujarati, Urdu/Hindi, Sinhalese, etc.

1) Swahili is the lingua franca in East Africa. Millions of people who speak indigenous languages also speak it for communication.

by derangedpoet October 9, 2003

pingy-lingy

Synonym for penis, used by parents in conversation with young children. First heard in the late 1950s-early '60s. Unknown if term was or is in use outside greater Providence, Rhode Island.

"Before you get out of the tub, make sure to clean your pingy-lingy."

by Cousin Albert January 26, 2005

Linguaphile

–noun a language and word lover.

Jordan’s exorbitant use of sophisticated vocabulary is not result of an ostentatious personality; rather, he is a linguaphile.

by G1n4 May 2, 2009

lingala

A bantu language used byover 8 million lingua franca in northern parts of congo and the Democratic Republic Of Congo {Zaire}.

LINgala

by Butterfly_sk April 18, 2022

Lingual letdown

Lingual Letdown: The feeling you get when you set your alarm early to check the word of the day, but it sucks and ruins your entire day.

Girl: Ken's in a really bad mood today.

Guy: Yea, he must've had another lingual letdown this morning.

by MegnKen April 8, 2010

Lingard

When a footballer seems young, promising and to bring you trophies in few years, but you failed to realize he's closer to his 30s than 20s, acts like a child on instagram and doesn't contribute to his club

A: He is gonna be massive few years from now.

B: few years from now he's about to retire, can't you see he's a Lingard??

by kataklyst September 20, 2019

Nuh linga

Don't waste any time in whatever you're doing

nuh linga or you'll get left behind

by Baby Gina January 23, 2009