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familylect
 n.— «Not those complex computer codes or ubiquitous bar codes or the lol codes used in so many IMs. Rather, the secret acronyms, subtextual phrases and redefined nouns that people invent at home.…Academics have developed a term for these kinds of codes. It’s called “familylect.”» —“Speaking in COD…“ by Melissa Dribben Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) May 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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