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#1 vernacular n. [slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois] a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo". wn
#2 vernacular s. [common, vulgar] being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species". wn
#3 vernacular n. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language). wn
#2 vernacular s. [common, vulgar] being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species". wn
#3 vernacular n. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language). wn
