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Britglish

Britglish proper noun: british English.

Proper noun

Britglish

  1. (colloquial) British English.

Origin of Britglish

Blend of British + English; coined by English author Anthony Burgess in 1973.

Questions about Britglish

What does Britglish mean?
Britglish means british English.
What part of speech is Britglish?
Britglish is a proper noun.

Words near Britglish in the dictionary

  1. Britfag
  2. Britfags
  3. Britflick
  4. Britflicks
  5. Britfolk
  6. Britglish
  7. Brithdir
  8. Brithdir and Llanfachreth
  9. Brithenig
  10. britholite
  11. britholites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Britglish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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