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chiminology

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Singapore/ˌt͡ʃimiˈnɔləd͡ʒi/

chiminology noun: speech or writing marked by overly complex vocabulary.

Noun

chiminology (uncountable)

  1. (Singlish, rare) Speech or writing marked by overly complex vocabulary.
    • You've been talking chiminology on about fuck knows what for, God knows how long.2001, Elangovan, Buang Suay and Other Plays, →ISBN, page 91
    • So you can have chiminology, it means you're trying to be very erudite and talk in a very academic way...2012 March 3, The cultural backdrop of English (radio), spoken by Sandra McKay, via ABC Radio National

Forms of chiminology

alternative formcheemology
alternative formcheeminology

Origin of chiminology

From cheem + -ology on analogy of -inology words like criminology and terminology in which the -in- belongs to the Latin oblique stem, the former from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).

Questions about chiminology

What does chiminology mean?
Chiminology means speech or writing marked by overly complex vocabulary.
What part of speech is chiminology?
Chiminology is a noun.
How do you pronounce chiminology?
Chiminology is pronounced /ˌt͡ʃimiˈnɔləd͡ʒi/ (Singapore).

Words near chiminology in the dictionary

  1. chiming in
  2. chiming up
  3. chimingly
  4. chimings
  5. Chiminigagua
  6. chiminology
  7. chimiocompetent
  8. chimist
  9. chimists
  10. chimken
  11. Chimkent

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