non-standard speech

Noun
  1. Speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community (synset 107169789)
    is a type of: language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication - (language) communication by word of mouth
    subtypes:
    • baby talk, babytalk - the developing speech of a young child
    • baby talk, babytalk, motherese - an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
    • accent, dialect, idiom - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
    • localism - a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
    • regionalism - a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
    • telegraphese - language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams
    • vernacular - the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
    • argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    • slang, slang expression, slang term - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar

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