familect

Examples of familect in a sentence

• David Crystal, who wrote the book's afterword, expanded on what he described as these dialects of the home, or familects, in his blog: [...]2013 July 19, Harriet Powney, “Speaking it in the family”, in The Guardian:
• Some followers even tweet back in aliebn-speak: a spirit of friendly linguistic play that's more like a familect than a stuffy Oxford Common Room.2019, Gretchen McCulloch, “Language and Society”, in Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Penguin, →ISBN, page 60:
• If a familect exists within a family unit, then an online community’s fanilect expands exponentially, like invisible strings across distance and time.2023 February 3, Pia Ceres, “Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics Is an Actual Linguistic Thing”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast...

Synonyms of familect

• ecolect
• familiolect
• microdialect

Forms of familect

Origin of familect

From family + -lect.

Words formed from familect

• fanilect

Questions about familect

What does familect mean?

Familect means the language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves.

How do you use familect in a sentence?

David Crystal, who wrote the book's afterword, expanded on what he described as these dialects of the home, or familects, in his blog: [...]

What part of speech is familect?

Familect is a noun.

How do you pronounce familect?

Familect is pronounced /ˈfæm.ɪˌlɛkt/ (UK).

What is the plural of familect?

The plural of familect is familects.