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Spoken lingo avoiding normal glossary first of all (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slang

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'all' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'spoken lingo avoiding normal glossary first' is the wordplay.
'first' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'spoken lingo avoiding normal glossary' is 'SLANG'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for slang that I've seen before include "... to scold" , "Vulgar parlance" , "Informal language used by a set of people" , "Any class's jargon" , "See 15" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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