acrolectnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæk.rə.lekt/us/ˈæk.rə.lekt/specializeda form of a language that is considered to be better than other forms by certain people
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Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- creole
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- non-standard
- officialese
- oral
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- telegramese
- tongue
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