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Scymraeg

/skʌmˈraɪɡ/

Scymraeg proper noun: badly written or ungrammatical Welsh, often written with machine translation.

Proper noun

Scymraeg

  1. (derogatory, informal) Badly written or ungrammatical Welsh, often written with machine translation.
    • Soon the term Scymraeg, or scummy Welsh, was born and it has really caught on - it is part of Gary's stand-up routine, and examples are posted via a Twitter hashtag and in a Flickr group.2018 July 31, Rory Cellan-Jones, “Google Translate serves up 'scummy Welsh' translations”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2019, retrieved 01 Dec 2025
    • And Google Translate—infamous since 2009 for its Scymraeg, or scummy Welsh—has, according to the BBC, recently taken a great leap forward in terms of the accuracy and quality of its Welsh translations.2019 August 7, Stephen Harrison, “Welsh Wikipedia Gives Me Hope”, in Slate, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019, retrieved 01 Dec 2025
    Synonyms:
    scummy Welsh

Examples of Scymraeg in a sentence

  • “Witcher Welsh” and Scymraeg share the same problem: well-meaning people trying to use Welsh without taking it seriously.2020 February 18, Lane Greene, “Fighting the scourge of “Scum Welsh””, in 1843 Magazine, The Economist, archived from the original on 31...
  • I’m pissing in the wind here, obviously, but this isn’t some funny “Scymraeg” scenario, this is public money being spent on a bilingual website that only works in English.2025 April 1, Nic Dafies, Tŵt Cymru, Mastodon:

Synonyms of Scymraeg

  • scummy Welsh

Origin of Scymraeg

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh Scymraeg.

Questions about Scymraeg

What does Scymraeg mean?
Scymraeg means badly written or ungrammatical Welsh, often written with machine translation.
How do you use Scymraeg in a sentence?
“Witcher Welsh” and Scymraeg share the same problem: well-meaning people trying to use Welsh without taking it seriously.
What part of speech is Scymraeg?
Scymraeg is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Scymraeg?
Scymraeg is pronounced /skʌmˈraɪɡ/.

Words near Scymraeg in the dictionary

  1. scylloinositol
  2. scymetar
  3. scymetars
  4. scymitar
  5. scymitars
  6. Scymraeg
  7. scyntigraphy
  8. scyon
  9. scyons
  10. scyphate
  11. scyphates

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