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lingo (n.)

"foreign speech," 1650s, probably a corruption of Latin lingua "speech, language; tongue" (from PIE root *dnghu- "tongue"), perhaps immediately as a shortening of lingua franca (q.v.), or from Provençal lingo "language, tongue," from Old Provençal lenga, from Latin lingua.

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Definitions of lingo from WordNet

lingo (n.)
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
they don't speak our lingo
Synonyms: slang / cant / jargon / argot / patois / vernacular
From wordnet.princeton.edu