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jerigonza

jerigonza noun: a language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable.

Noun

jerigonza (uncountable)

  1. A language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable.
    • In Jerigonza, a /p/ is placed after each vowel and then is followed by a copy of that vowel.1991, Natalie Lefkowitz, Talking Backwards, Looking Forwards: The French Language Game Verlan, Gunter Narr Verlag, →ISBN, page 12
    • In the Spanish language game Jerigonza, often used by younger speakers as a secret speech code, intrusive vowels are invisible.2005 January 1, Randall Scott Gess, Edward J. Rubin, Theoretical and Experimental Approaches to Romance Linguistics: Selected Papers from the 34th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL)...

Origin of jerigonza

Borrowed from Spanish jerigonza.

Questions about jerigonza

What does jerigonza mean?
Jerigonza means a language game in Spanish in which the letter p is inserted after every syllable.
What part of speech is jerigonza?
Jerigonza is a noun.

Words near jerigonza in the dictionary

  1. Jerichos
  2. Jericoacoara
  3. jerid
  4. jerids
  5. jeries
  6. jerigonza
  7. Jerilderie
  8. Jerilyn
  9. Jerimoth
  10. jering bean
  11. jering beans

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