Definitions
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- noun Any
activity involving thetongue ;tonguing . - noun nonstandard, neologism
Language ;spoken language, as opposed to other forms of language (body language, written language, etc.).
Etymologies
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From tongue + -age modelled after language; or a blend of tongue and language.
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Examples
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Anything done with the tongue, even though it involve no speaking at all, is _tonguage_; eating oranges is as much tonguage as speech is.
Essays on Life, Art and Science Samuel Butler 1868
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Whether the ideas underlying them are expressed and conveyed by eyeage or by tonguage is a detail that matters nothing.
Essays on Life, Art and Science Samuel Butler 1868
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