noun
Word Origin 1960s: from socio- + -lect as in dialect.
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Language variety or register peculiar to a specific social class
In sociolinguistics, a sociolect is a form of language or a set of lexical items used by a socioeconomic class, profession, age group, or other social group. Wikipedia