Building a Better Vocabulary

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2. argot


3. lingua franca


4. discursive


5. sobriquet


6. jargon


7. The vernacular is the language of the common people; a dialect is the
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8. shibboleth


9. somniloquy

Lecture 28

1. Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently
   and have different meanings. Homographs are words that are spelled
   the same but have different pronunciations and meanings. Homonyms
   are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different
   meanings.


2. Toponyms are place-names or words derived from place names;
   eponyms are words derived from the names of people.


3. portmanteau words/clipped words


4. spoonerism


5. acronyms