English-derived Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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–ting suffix Adding or using the English gerund suffix “-ing” (or “-ting”) is quite common in Korean/Konglish, from “sogaeting” to “phone-ting” to “meeting” (group blind date). It just makes more sense logically when referring to activities. [English-derived] [full cite] (May. 18, 2004)

–ting suffix “Mee-t’ing” or simply “t’ing.” A blind date. Sometimes a “so-gae t’ing” (lit. “introductory date”). Some folks used to speak jokingly of “eh-rae-bae-i-taw t’ing,” or a romantic encounter in an elevator, a la Aerosmith(?). [English-derived South Korea] [full cite] (May. 19, 2004)

abcoolen v. But how to explain the Denglish verbs? Smalltalken, brunchen, mailen, floppen, managen, abcoolen and many others? These are not used to save syllables or avoid complexity. They are simply in vogue, whether for better or worse. [English-derived German Germany] [full cite] (Dec. 21, 2004)

after n. As the soldier advances in pazam (acronym for perek zman, or “amount of time served”), he will without a doubt experience more and more chuparim, or “goodies.” These can take the form of an after (from the English, meaning a few hours’ leave from the base to roam around town and catch a movie) [English-derived Hebrew Israel] [full cite] (Dec. 6, 2004)

al n. Al The Korean word for “egg.” Eggs are units of virtual credit used to send text messages via mobile phone; they can be transferred to another user. Example: Can I have some of your al? I ran out of mine for this month. [English-derived Korean South Korea] [full cite] (Jan. 17, 2005)

al-box n. Seventy-eight fully grown men were fit in two police cars with the capacity of each only 10. Many Egyptian university students must know those cars quite well—they are referred to in Egypt by an English word borrowed into Arabic specifically for this usage: “al-box.” [Arabic English-derived Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2004)

Arabizi n. The banter is a form of speech that mixes Arabic with English. It is widely used among Jordan’s Western-educated elites, drawing ire from language purists and exposing a widening social and economic gap in the small kingdom. Dubbed by some “Arabizi”—a slang term for Arabic and “Inglizi,” or English in Arabic—it is also a means of expression for many young Jordanians who have been educated abroad and who do not share Jordan’s conservative values. [ Language Arabic English-derived] [full cite] (Dec. 22, 2005)

bad adj. Emprunté à l’anglais, le mot “bad” ne veut pas dire “mauvais,” mais son contraire “bon”—preuve que le jeu est bien de brouiller les pistes. [English-derived French Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2005)

bajet n. This does not explain why the government itself introduced new words like Bajet, for ‘Budget’, into the Malay language, when the word Belanjawan was once commonly used. [English-derived Malaysian Malaysia Money & Finance] [full cite] (May. 4, 2004)

bajet n. The Prime Minister was hinting at a paradigm shift when he wanted the Budget to be known as ‘Bajet’ and not ‘Belanjawan’ from this year on. [English-derived Indonesian Indonesia] [full cite] (May. 6, 2004)

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