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• n  a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
• n  the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
• s  being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  a vernacular term
  vernacular speakers

• The music director had a gift for mixing the vernacular with tunes that were catchy and easy to sing.
• John does not know the native vernacular in great detail but he knows it enough to swear in the vernacular.
• A former Japanese minister's house is a fine example of Japanese vernacular architecture.

• slang
• cant
• jargon
• lingo
• argot
• patois
• common
• vulgar

News & Articles

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• Design! The Board Game: Snippets from Design! The Board Game,...
  Snippets from Design! The Board Game, the latest creation from architect and genius Internet graphics dude Jody Brown: "Watch HGTV, Lose A Turn"; "Name-Drop 'Frank Gehry' At A Party, Go Back One Space"; and "Refer To 'Traditional Vernacular,' Go Ahead...
  June 11, 2013 - Curbed
• UCLA Football: The Curious Case of Adrian Klemm
  Elite recruiter. Fabulous recruiter. Rockstar recruiter. The vernacular above isn't attributed to an offensive line coach very often. In most cases, those individuals are known as gruff, tough and old-school in nature. The X's and O's usually take priority over the Jimmys and Joes or the recruiting aspect of the job. Of course, I'm generalizing to an extent. Not every offensive line coach in ...
  June 10, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Our Top 5 Tinted Moisturizer Picks To Try
  Before BB and CC creams became part of our vernacular, tinted moisturizers were all the rage for simple, sheer to light coverage, so don’t push them to the side. They’re still awesome as easy to apply makeup products that work …
  June 10, 2013 - The Atlanta Post

Quotes

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• Michael Chertoff in guardian.co.uk
  We do have the ability - to use the vernacular - to fight two wars at the same time,Chertoff told The Associated Press in an interview.
• E Lynn Harris in Canton Repository (subscription)
  I had a classroom of Bradys every day,Harris, says. "I would listen to their vernacular, watch what they did."