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British Lingua
An English Language School set up in India in 1993

British Lingua is an institute of English communication skills.
By Nariko
Lingua Franca
1) A language used as vernacular for communication amongst many speakers of different languages, i.e. a creole.
2) An early version of this, a mix of English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and other languages with Italian.
3) (British) The English variant used by many Asian immigrants, mixing English with Indian tongues like Gujarati, Urdu/Hindi, Sinhalese, etc.

1) Swahili is the lingua franca in East Africa. Millions of people who speak indigenous languages also speak it for communication.
By Dusty
Lingua Fracas
1. The few words one knows in another language sufficient to start a fight.

2. A fight over the proper use of a word.

1. Bottom doesn’t speak Spanish; he only knows enough of the lingua fracas to get into trouble.

2. “ ‘Impact’ is a verb only in the lingua fracas.”
“You mean, like, when my fist impacts your face?”
By Nancee
Lingua Franca
A commonly used language in a particular region.

English could be considered the lingua franca of the Internet, because it is on the majority of websites.

1337 5p34k has become the lingua franca of sorts of IRC and chat rooms.
By Bobby
Lingua Skanka
The language hos universally use to communicate their sluttiness both amongst one another and to non-hos, such as prude, judgmental girls and horny dudes.

"Girl, what's up with all that nasty-talk? We're not on a porn set."
"Oh don't mind me. That's just my lingua skanka."
By Marty
Lingua-loser
see: dictumhead

you ain't no Daniel Webster, you're a lingua-loser
By Nadia
Lingua Franca
language of the masses

By Loella
Lingua
1. N
The Latin word for language.

2. ADJ
Roman Catholic practices that are extremely traditional/pre-Vatican II.

1: Lingua Latina pulchra est.

2a: That fiddleback chasuable is Lingua!

2b: Maniples are very Lingua.

2c: Jesuit tie-dye vestments are not Lingua.
By Cecilia
Duo Lingua
the latin word for "two toungues" sounds relatively similar to duolingo, which is a language learning app

duo lingua sounds like duolingo
By Ainslie