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General language
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General language
acrolect
Language; General language
A spoken language's most formal register, e.g. the one that is used during important ritual occasions.
acronym
Language; General language
A word formed from the first letters of other words and pronounced as one word.
acrophony
Language; General language
The naming of the letters of an alphabetic writing system so that each letter's name begins with the letter itself, e.g. aviation's NATO Phonetic Alphabet uses Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta….
active participle
Language; General language
The -ing form of a verb when it is used as either an adjective or a verb.
acyrology
Language; General language
Incorrect use of words, especially the use of malapropisms, i.e. accidently chosen incorrect words that sound like the desired word.
adfix
Language; General language
An affix that is attached either before or after a stem or a word, i.e. a prefix or a suffix.
adianoeta
Language; General language
A word or phrase that has an obvious meaning, but that also has an additional, less-well-known — perhaps esoteric — meaning.
