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Yinglish

Yinglish noun: an informal language blending elements of English and Yiddish.

Noun

Yinglish (uncountable)

  1. An informal language blending elements of English and Yiddish.
    • So an alternative explanation is that Trump reached for what he thought was a Yinglish word for ‘beat’ and inadvertently coined an obscene one.”2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2015

Adjective

Yinglish (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to this language.

Forms of Yinglish

alternative formYenglish

Origin of Yinglish

Blend of Yiddish + English.

Questions about Yinglish

What does Yinglish mean?
Yinglish means an informal language blending elements of English and Yiddish.
What part of speech is Yinglish?
Yinglish can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Yinglish in the dictionary

  1. Yingkow
  2. yinglet
  3. yinglets
  4. Yingling
  5. Yinglings
  6. Yinglish
  7. yinglong
  8. yinglongs
  9. yings
  10. Yingshan
  11. Yingst

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