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    [Noun]  | "lan*guage" | \ ˈlaŋ-gwij \


    1: the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community

    2: audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs

    3: a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French langage, from lange, langue tongue, language, from Latin lingua{mat|tongue|};

    [Noun]  | "language model" 


    1: a mathematical model that analyzes a corpus of text in order to accurately represent the relationships between words; also : software that uses a language model to generate text (such as responses to queries or prompts)

    Origin: 1976 ;

    [Noun]  | "language barrier" 


    1: a difficulty for people communicating because they speak different languages

    [Noun]  | "language laboratory" 


    1: a room with equipment (such as computers or tape recorders) where people can listen to and practice speaking foreign languages

    [Noun]  | "American Sign Language" 


    1: a sign language that is used especially for communication by and with deaf people and is the formal sign language of the United States and English-speaking Canada and also serves as the basis for various sign languages in other countries (such as Thailand, Nigeria, and Bolivia) —abbreviation ASL

    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Noun]  | "assembly language" 


    1: a programming language that consists of instructions that are mnemonic codes for corresponding machine language instructions

    Origin: 1959 ;

    [Noun]  | "body language" 


    1: the gestures, movements, and mannerisms by which a person or animal communicates with others

    Origin: 1885 ;

    [Noun]  | "contact language" 


    1: pidgin

    Origin: 1950 ;

    [Noun]  | "figurative language" 


    1: language that consists of or includes figures of speech (such as metaphors and similes)

    Origin: 1629 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "language arts" 


    1: the subjects (such as reading, spelling, literature, and composition) that aim at developing the student's comprehension and capacity for use of written and oral language

    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Noun]  | "language" 


    1: the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication;


      * e.g., " ... Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language "



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    2: the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field;


      * e.g., " ... love means nothing in the language of tennis "



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    3: the way in which something is put into words;


      * e.g., " ... we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going "



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    [Noun]  | "sign language" 


    1: as in body language, sign;


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    [Noun]  | "body language" 


    1: movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings;


      * e.g., " ... We could tell from his body language that he was nervous. "



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     [ "language" ]

    1: badboyhalo

      * e.g.,  ... badboyhalo saying language 

     [ "language" ]

    1: device invented to hide our thoughts

      * e.g.,  ... example: ".....?" - "....!" 

     [ "language" ]

    1: What your mother claims movies she doesn't want you to see has too much of. see swearing, cursing

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh honey, you can't watch that! It has language!" 

     [ "language" ]

    1: Grumblings that originate in the throat of a human, which, when heard by another human, mean something. This something is usually insignificant bitching. Language also refers to the scrawl that is writing, where certain pretty little pictures mean things when seen by someone.

      * e.g.,  ... Proper use of language: It's neat and all that the sounds you make out of your face hole mean something, but I'd rather you not. 

     [ "language" ]

    1: badboyhalo

      * e.g.,  ... badboyhalo saying language 

     [ "language" ]

    1: weird people speaking a language that i don't understand Russian

      * e.g.,  ... i speak two languages, English and French. 

     [ "language" ]

    1: Language is the only big mistake made by evolution.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop using language, start using Python. 

     [ "Language" ]

    1: Language: A term in which if you ever curse around Steve, you will hear regularly.

      * e.g.,  ... Tony: “sHiT” 

     [ "LANGUAGE!!!" ]

    1: a common word to be used by bbh (badboyhalo) when someone swears

      * e.g.,  ... tommyinnit:fuck 

     [ "The Language" ]

    1: n.

      * e.g.,  ... Brother 1: "shih dem duhe, chihk hs fuhin nc as." 

     [ "The Language" ]

    2:  A system of communication stemming from immature, and retarded humor. Over a period of time, close friends or kin develop a language through which they can speak without revealing their conversation, similar to that of jibberish, though the words are usually pronounced by means of mumbling, almost impossible to understand pronunciation, usually made more difficult to decipher by mixing in slang. Not to be confused with ebonics, ever.

      * e.g.,  ... Brother 2: -Laughing/Nod- 

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