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Engrish

Words or phrases that have been translated into English with Google Translate or any other terrible means.
That Chinese place's sign is just plain Engrish.
by Pikxle January 25, 2018
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Engrish Overroad

A condition caused by gratuitous amounts of Engrish used in popular Japanese video games.
I suffered Engrish Overroad after playing King of Fighters '98 for five straight hours.
by Zonic Berm April 29, 2009
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engrish

Engrish can be simply defined as the humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design. Most often english words are misspelled with the letter 'R' in place of 'L' leading to the name engrish.
Engrish comes from other countries besides Japan, although not usually as abundant or amusing.
Engrish.com supplies a regular assortment of hilarious engrish mistakes.
Examples of engrish:

-A sign put up during an election reads: "Erection in progress"

-Construction sign: "Today is under construction"

-Hotel directory: "Front Robby, Loom Service..."
by Devick September 12, 2009
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Engrish

Mistranslations in Engrish is done with good vocabulary and bad grammar that are in Engrish. Resulting in hard to reads that are sentences in Engrish. "L" and "R" has no distinctions in Japanese, creating the term.
"All your base are belong to us."

"A winner is you!"

"Somebody set up us the bomb."

"Victoly!"

"No trespassing through east and west gate allowed." (from Wikipedia's article on Engrish)

"Please wastepaper would chuck in bin." (ibid)

-All examples of Engrish
by an elite June 27, 2009
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Engrish

English phrases and words that have become mistranslated from Japanese for varying reasons - usually due to Japanese marketing types not *quite* understanding how their language comes out when translated into English.
Found on an engrish t-shirt: "What kind of world is it today? It's kind of crap!"
by ke6isf November 7, 2003
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ENGRISH

Pronounced: in-grish
English language written or translated by men or women in East Asian countries. This text is usually translated by someone without the knowledge of traditional American English or with very poor translating skills. Also, the lack of spoken English is lacking so the translator isn't aware of his typos. ENGRISH is usually comprehendable and typos sure be accepted as normal text since this is part of the translation process. ENGRISH can be found in many places, some of which are User's Manuals of imported goods, signs, menus, to bizarrely worded advertisements and strange t-shirt slogans and even some billboards in in English speaking cities in Asia like Hong Kong and Tokyo.
"All your base are belong to us" , this is ENGRISH from the game 'Zero Wing' on the Sega Genesis
by TekBoi November 26, 2006
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Engrish

The English language spoken by someone with a heavy Asian accent to near Scooby Doo extent.
"I am spreaking Engrish. Whrat the fruck is da matter wif you?"
by GodLivesInAK November 12, 2009
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