Now and then I've hit buried treasure in the form of vernacular word-lists or remarkable people – troves that have held gleaming handfuls of coinages, like the Lewisian "Peat Glossary".
Macaronic, originally, comic Latin verse form characterized by the introduction of vernacular words with appropriate but absurd Latin endings: later variants apply the same technique to modern languages.
It is written in lawyer's Latin, translating the vernacular words of the accused as shaped and constructed by inquisitors' questions.
The Naiyāyikas argued that vernacular words did not even have legitimate meanings of their own.
They claimed that the vernacular words reminded the listener of the corresponding Sanskrit words that communicated the meaning.
As a delicious piece of vernacular, the word has various spellings: challey, charle, charlie.
In today's vernacular, the word soulmate has come to assume a much more intimate nature.
Collaboration - Raised in a culture where the vernacular included words like "crowdsourcing," "crowdfunding," "inclusive classrooms" and more, they flourish in group settings and are better team players than any generation in history.
Whether it's a slip of the tongue that becomes a permanent part of the family vernacular or a word invented when all others fail, Kitchen Table Lingo is part of what makes our language so rich and creative.
"" endured in the local vernacular as a word roughly meaning "boss", and was still in use in the 1970s.
