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Annotation(n) An explanatory note
Appellation(n) A name or title
Eponym(n) A person whose name is used to make a word
Linguistics(n) The study of language
Malapropism(n) A humorous confusion of words
Neologism(n) A newly made up word
Parlance(n) A particular manner or kind of speech
Patois(n) A nonstandard dialect
Polyglot(adj) Using many languages
Vulgar(adj) Crude or indecent

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Creator jeandotson11
Created March 31, 2008
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