lexicon

How To Use lexicon In A Sentence

• Calling Potter a writer undermines a great deal of the depth and dynamics he brought to the lexicon of language.
• Unless you've been hiding under an unfashionable rock for the past year, you'll have the word camel firmly rooted in your fashionista lexicon. Philippa Young: Camel: It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or White
• Text speak, such as xlent (excellent) and fone (phone) are part of the lexicon. Times, Sunday Times
• The result should be on-the-fly brand research that enables you to re-craft your messaging mid-campaign as well as giving you a tool to focus the keyword lexicon, or banner and display spend. Forbes.com: News
• The phonological output lexicon stores pronunciations corresponding to all the spoken words known to the reader, also in the form of lexical entries.
• Many such terms bombard the English language continually: some are stopped at the barriers of honesty and common sense; many invade the lexicon like novae, only VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2
• Morgan argues that forcing organization theory into lexicons, literal language and precise formulations is a retrograde step.
• Origin: The phrase, popularized by the unwatchable movie 21, apparently derives from the rich lexicon of craps, which is full of amusingly inscrutable patter. Deadspin
• The term orthorexia entered the lexicon about a year ago, cited in news stories and written about in blogs. Times, Sunday Times
• Artists have, of course, been sticky-fingered for ages, long before the term "appropriation art" was ushered into the lexicon to describe the Pictures Generation. The New Yorker