lingo

noun

1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

   “[...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.”

   “"You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.”

   “Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.”

2. (countable, uncountable)An Aboriginal language.

   “The huntsman spoke Davey’s lingo.”

   “Granny Ava was the link: the last heathen of the family to speak the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.”

name

1. A surname.