vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration....
(sk k´d ) (KEY) , formerly Philippeville (f l pv l´) (KEY) , city (1998 pop. 152,335), NE Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Stora of the Mediterranean ...
gestural communication used as an alternative or replacement for speech. Sign languages resemble oral languages in every way other than their modality...