BASILECT

PRONUNCIATION: (BAY-zuh/suh-lekt, BAZ/BAS-uh-lekt)

MEANING: noun: The least prestigious variety of a language.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin basis + dialectus (dialect). Earliest documented use: 1965.
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BA SELECT - What colleges did you say you're applying to?

BASIC ECT - common or garden variety shock therapy

BASIL SECT - herb worshippers