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private language

British

noun

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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These are worthy investments in children’s education, especially those who live in school districts that haven’t been able to launch dual-language programs, and those whose families can’t afford private language instruction.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

“For me, dance-making was about that private language I was creating with my dancers, and at some point, you perform that. But with Katherine, now there was always a public quotient to my private space.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2019

Better to have lived sadly over pizza and bad movies and shared it meaningfully than to have never had a private language with someone at all.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2019

After years of sharing their working lives, duos sometimes develop a private language, the way twins do.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018

"Lysa took no chances. When we were girls together, we had a private language, she and I."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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