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annotation
a note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram.
appellation
a name or title
eponym
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named
linguistics
the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics
malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one
neologism
a newly coined word or expression
parlance
a particular manner of speaking
patois
jargon; a regional dialect
polyglot
a speaker of many languages
vulgar
lacking refinement or taste; crude
contingent
dependent
eventuality
possibility
implausible
not believable
inconceivable
unbelievable
in vain
without success
perchance
perhaps
preposterous
ridiculous
proclivity
a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
prone
lying face down
theoretical
restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven
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