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Mangleish

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(Noun) Horribly spoken or written English- typically from non-native English speakers but can also be observed when native English speakers are drunk. Mangled English.
Did she just ask for directions to the walkway or how to make broccoli? I couldn't tell. She was speaking the Mangleish.

Did you go to our Physics review session?
Why would I? I can't understand the TA. He's always speaking the Mangleish.
Mangleish by f.scott fakegerald November 2, 2010
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Mangleish

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Anyone who tries to speaks the English Language while visiting from a foreign country with almost disasterous results.
Someone was asking me where the nearest restaurant was, but I couldn't understand them because they were speaking Mangleish.
Mangleish by BruinKiller3469 March 22, 2009
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Green Manalishi 

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A Song By Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Detailing A Trip He Had

Green Manalishi Itself Is A Reference To Money
But Can Be Used As An Umbrella Term For Any Soul Stealing Item Or Person.
'Cause Your The Green Manalishi With The Two Pronged Crown.

All My Tryin Is Up All Your Bringin' Is Down
Green Manalishi by A68WInASandDune October 12, 2009

Maleish 

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Male + ish = Maleish

-ish means kind of/sort of and is usually added to the end of a phrase. In this case, we are adding -ish to male to create Maleish. Which now means, kind of/sort of manly.
S/he is maleish.

Did you see how maleish s/he was?
Maleish by Maleish December 13, 2018

Manguish

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To purposefully savour the most succulent morsel of food on your plate to the very last bite/forkful
Phil: are you manguishing that chicken or can I have it?
Mary: yes that's my manguish, piss off and eat your own dinner.
Manguish by Phil The Observer April 27, 2019

munglish 

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a hybrid slang language that combines English words and Malayalam words into a single statement.
Vikram: "Hey Manu, I'm gonna go and chudakan some Pizza Rolls. And then, after that, I'm gonna coolikan."

Manu: "Dude, why are you speaking Munglish?"
munglish by P.V. Chacko January 29, 2008

Manglish 

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Manglish is the English spoken by Keralites (Malayalees) of the state of Kerala in India with a Malayalam accent and pronunciation, especially by those who studied in Malayalam medium and government schools and propogated by the Malayalam media.
Examples of Manglish:
kangaroo (the worst offended word, Malayalees pronounce as “kanGAROO” instead of “KANgroo”)
Koala (pronounced as 'kola' instead of 'ko-ala')
mixed, fixed (pronounced as 'miksed', 'fiksed' instead of 'miksd', 'fiksd')
bear, pear, wear (pronounced as ‘biyar’, ‘piyar’, 'wiyer' instead of ‘beye’, ‘peye’, 'weye'
aliby (pronounced 'alibi' instead of 'alebai')
heart (pronounced'hurrrt' instead of 'haat')
murder (pronounced 'murrdar' instead of 'mede')
auto (pronounced as "aatto" instead of "otto")
Queen (prounounced as “kyuun” instead of “kween”)
biennale (pronounced as “binale” instead of “bienale”)
place names – Ohio, Seattle, Utah, Sultan's Battery (pronounced as “ohiyo, seetl, ootha, soolthan batheri” instead of “ohayo, siyatl, yuta, Sultan's Bateri”)
tortoise (pronounced as ‘tortois’ instead of “totis” )
turtle (pronounced as ‘turrrtil’ instead of “tutl” )
Mascot Hotel (pronounced as “muskut HOtel” instead of “MAScot hoTEL”)
bass (pronounced as ‘baas’ instead of “beis”)
twitter (pronounced as “tyooter” instead of “twiter”)
birthday (pronounced as “birthaday” instead of “buthdei”)
garage (pronounced as “garej” instead of “gaRAZH/gaRAJ”)
chassis (pronounced as “chasis” instead of “shasi”)
pizza (pronounced as "pisa" instead of "pitza")
nazi (pronounced as 'nasi' instead of 'natzi')
our (pronounced as "avar" instead of "aue")
flour (pronounced as "flower" instead of "flaue")
alarm (pronounced as "alarum" instead of "alaam")
Manglish by Toms January 21, 2020
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