Foblish

n. stilted or incorrect English spoken or written by a non-native speaker. Subjects: English, Derogatory, Slang, Acronym

Etymological Note: From FOB “fresh off boat” + English.

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Citations: 2002 [Vy Ngoc Khanh Vo] @ Montebello, California s.u.r.r.e.a.l.e.x.i.s.t.a.n.c.e. (Feb. 6) “My day in review”: Albie and I went to the SG Soopa-See-tore (NO, it’s not Latin—that’s just Foblish) where she bought some paper. 2002 T Today (Taipei, Taiwan) (Oct. 2): Or you are just speaking “foblish.” Foblish=Fob’s English. Fob = L.A. people’s term for new immigrants that can’t speak English correctly. 2002 [School (Skewl)] School’s Blog (Oct. 24) “It begins…”: My head’s been out of whack for the past 2 weeks, anybody who has talked to me during that time probably knows what i’m talking aboot(misspelling, breaking/dropping crap in chem lab, speakee in foblish, etc.) otherwise not being my normal, grammatically-perfect, smooth self. 2002 [FariMaMa] @ Florida Islamica Community Forums (Nov. 8) “the SAMAR thread”: Cuz she dont speak foblish and you do. 2003 [kw0n] @ Japan descend from grace (Dec. 18) “[Janelle in Japan IV] End of JSP”: Your english hasn’t gone downhill, you’ve just learned to speak some fabulous foblish! 2004 [jkan2001] Club RSX Message Board (Mar. 19) “Spec-V drove an RSX-S again today—Comparison of sorts”: Your foblish command of the english language might have a problem. 2004 Min Jung Kim BrainDump (July 23) “Sure Thing”: I wind up speaking pidgen Foblish to poppa.

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