Acrolect (noun)
ak-ro-lekt
(linguistics)
The most prestigious dialect or variety of a particular language.
1960s from Greek akron ‘summit’ + -lect as in dialect.
Example sentences
“The acrolect probably gets the most representation in the media.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
