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Vernacular
Today’s word is Scrutinize.
What it means
- noun
The language of a people or a national language.
“The principal vernacular of the United States is English.”
- noun
Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
“Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.”
- noun
Language unique to a particular group of people.
“For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.”
Where it comes from
Vernacular comes from Latin vernaculus, domestic or native, from verna, a person born in the household. It is the language of home, not of a formal textbook.
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