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Engrish

n. The phenomenon of often hilarious gramatical catastrophes resulting from poor, usually over-literal translations of Japanese to English.

(Note: the term is a bit of a misnomer. Engrish doesn't have anything to do with pronunciation.)
by Lemuridae November 27, 2003
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c'est-pas-une-eglise-icitte

Translation: It's not a church here.

However, "icitte" is a word used only in Quebec. Its French counterpart would be "ici." Both words translate to "here" in English.
C'est pas une eglise icitte, vous pouvez faire n'importe quoi.

It's not a church here, you can do whatever you'd like.
by Keitorin September 1, 2005
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Junior Enlisted Warrior (J.E.W.)

A term brought in to use by the United States Marine Corps in Mid 2008. The term was to be used as a substitute for the "suppossed" derogatory term used for new Marines before(See: Boot).

Like most other tems in the Marine Corps, this phrase has been shortened into an acrynom for easier use in every day speech or insults. In haste to make change to hundreds of years of tradition, this term failed to be propperly eddited; resulting in all new Marines (ie: boots)to be refered to as "JEWS"
"Junior Enlisted Warrior (J.E.W.)"


(1)"dude, we're not suppossed to call the new guys boots anymore!"

"What are we supposed to call these freaks then?"

"this order says to call them 'Junior Enlisted Warriors'..... that can't be right.... who the hell is the officer that signed off on us calling new Marines JEW's!"



(2)"who the fuck is going to clean these floors!?@!... Get over here JEW!"
by BROSKEW March 14, 2009
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Alex English

That one guy from that song.
"Hey, who is Alex English?"
"Some guy from a Dance Gavin Dance song"
by ClashCarCrash October 21, 2008
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Liberian english

the broken english spoken in the west african country of Liberia.
Liberian english words

hobojo --- hoe, slut, prostitute

man lappa -- same as hobojo

ay bah -- ?

pekin--- small boy

giga -- it get stuck in your foot

tata -- vigina

toto --- penis

twalet --- private area

tumba -- booty
by libchick February 5, 2010
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wetback english

Words that wetbacks use in english but they don't pronounce it right.
Wetback english...

Chair-shair
Jumbo Jack-yumbo yack
yes-jes
shit-chit
by Jaime Santiesteban May 21, 2006
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Englishian

One who prides him/herself of mastery of the English language in its purest form. The term is often prefixed with the origin, as in "he's an American Englishian" or "she was a widely published British Englishian".

Looking for more background info, history of the movement, etc.
"Englishians have repeatedly denounced the term 'monetize' as an English word."
by kavehg March 18, 2010
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