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Canting

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Word	Definition
jargonnoun	(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
slangnoun	Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
buzzwordnoun	(sometimes derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
lingonoun	(informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
vernacularnoun	The language of a people or a national language.
argotnoun	The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
banknoun	(countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
inclined	Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
slantnoun	A slope; an incline, inclination.
tiltnoun	(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
beveled	Having a bevel, especially at an edge
bevelnoun	An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
cambernoun	A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
patoisnoun	(Jamaica) Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language based primarily on English and African languages but also having influences from Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.
pitchnoun	A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
camfer	—
cant oververb	heel over
pious platitudenoun	insincere talk about religion or morals
cantish	canting; preaching falsely
offensive to pious ears	(Roman Catholicism) Describing a doctrine or proposition that is not heretical, but formulated improperly or ambiguously and hence liable to cause scandal. A formal censure.