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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.
lingua franca by derangedpoet October 9, 2003

lingua latina 

Non penis canina.
A: Fuck me in the ass! I failed Latin again because of stupid declensions! This is bullshit, why do I even need to learn a dead language?!

B: Lingua latina non penis canina.

A: What?

B: It translates to "Latin language is not a dog's dick." Scholars have used this saying for ages, meaning it's a complex and elegant language, and you need to put in a lot of intellectual effort to learn it. Well no surprise you failed.

C: Actually, retards, the proper way is "Lingua latina non penis canis est." By the way, "penis" also means "tail", so not only this sentence is grammatically incorrect, but also ambiguous. If you're gonna meme, at least learn some basic grammar.

B: Thanks smartass...

A: No one fucking cares.
lingua latina by Saving November 29, 2022

lingua fracas 

1. The few words one knows in another language sufficient to start a fight.

2. A fight over the proper use of a word.
1. Bottom doesn’t speak Spanish; he only knows enough of the lingua fracas to get into trouble.

2. “ ‘Impact’ is a verb only in the lingua fracas.”
“You mean, like, when my fist impacts your face?”
lingua fracas by Bottom Ford May 1, 2010

lingua franca 

A commonly used language in a particular region.
English could be considered the lingua franca of the Internet, because it is on the majority of websites.

1337 5p34k has become the lingua franca of sorts of IRC and chat rooms.
lingua franca by junkyard prince October 10, 2003

lingua skanka 

The language hos universally use to communicate their sluttiness both amongst one another and to non-hos, such as prude, judgmental girls and horny dudes.
"Girl, what's up with all that nasty-talk? We're not on a porn set."
"Oh don't mind me. That's just my lingua skanka."
lingua skanka by HumbleLinguist December 23, 2013

lingua-loser 

you ain't no Daniel Webster, you're a lingua-loser
lingua-loser by Timmy the Geek June 20, 2009
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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