private language


noun
  1. philosophy a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another

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How to use private language in a sentence

  • In their private language, Redbird said that for a long time she had not understood what it meant to be a shaman.

    Shaman | Robert Shea
  • Not until I heard their private language after it was all over did I realize they were not enjoying the occasion thoroughly.

    Gold | Stewart White
  • It has a special world and a private language all to itself.

    Over the Teacups | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.