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Spenglish 

Spenglish - Special English, spoken or written by those who cannot, or will not, speak English properly.

The unhappy result of some damn fool raping the English language, you don't need to be foreign to do it, as many of my own countrymen (and ladies) mangle our language too (whether they are drunk or merely illiterate remains to be seen).

Spenglish is not to be confused with simple bad grammar, this is gobbledegook taken to a whole new level of "what the fuck did I just read/hear?"

A verbatim sample of Spenglish from an anonymous review of a video game on Amazon UK:

"main soon bay this game is soo expenciwe 59 pound .sory i play in ps3 and i not bay this game yet beckouse is to expencive .i not shure whay game for xbox is very expencive???????? a normal main soon xbox have jast 4 gb memory and console is cleary but if i try instaling this game coming me error for memory i conect extra hard drive nader 40 pound if your have standard xbox sleam look before bay beckouse this game nit place in hard drive .
is panick now for this game beckouse is new but try finked before bay now this game 50 pound is very expenciwe"

Drunk? Foreign? Thick as shit?
Me: "Goddamn it Arthur, is it not time you put down that stained and sticky wank mag and learned to speak the Queen's English man? You are forty-five not fourteen!"

Arthur: "Wgdblfbh hrfhpsj rhpflj rsjfpj soierhosf ozijdohsp!"

Me: "Here's a scrabble set - eat the tiles, go for a shit and I'll read the results because it will make more sense than the Spenglish that just dribbled out of your mouth like verbal diarrhoea, you complete and utter imbecile."
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Spenglish 

Defo not Special English. It is Spenglish
Spenglish is a language but not Special English
Spenglish by Trrroooollllllll May 28, 2020

Spanguish 

(Speyn-gwish)

-Noun.
1. The feeling of disappointment, particularly following initial contentment or satisfaction, upon learning that a movie one loves is being shown on television, but has been dubbed in Spanish.

-Verb
1. The act of inflicting spanguish or suffering from spanguish.

Origin: Florida, 2010. From Spanish, (España) + German (angst) or English (anguish). Alt. spelling, "Spainguish"
n. I was excited to find Rocky IV on television, but my elation gave way to bitter spanguish when I realized it was being shown in Spanish.

v. Jimmy was spanguished to learn Die Hard was in Spanish and nothing else was on.
Spanguish by Dr Joe Smith November 21, 2010

swenglish 

Swenglish (Swedish: svengelska) is a colloquial term meaning either:
-English spoken with a heavy Swedish accent
-English spoken or written as heavily influenced by Swedish vocabulary, grammar, or syntax
Example for pronounce changes in swenglish:

three = free/tree
swenglish by Jorak September 6, 2012

Spamglish 

The broken English a scammer often uses. It can be found in the emails of spammers and dating profiles of romance scams.

Spamglish often has uncapitalized words and extra spaces around punctuation.
I could tell the profile was fake because they spamglish was so bad. It started out "i am serious and god loving looking to start family with ."
Spamglish by Wordiculous May 25, 2022

Spanglishnese 

V. Spang-lish-knees a combination between Spanish, English, and Vietnamese
My friend's mother's asian song is weird. It starts off with "Uno-dos-three!" Then, the song continues in Vietnamese. Wow. That song must be Spanglishnese.
Spanglishnese by Panduh SJ October 18, 2009

Shinglish 

Shinglish is a form of language used by school boys where extreme sarcasm and/or prolonged pronunciation are used to make offensive or derogatory language.
Tim was an expert at using shinglish
Shinglish by redkind September 7, 2009
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