Thinglish

Definition: An unofficial language consisting primarily of words such as thingy, thingamajig, doohickey, and whatchamacallit, used when the speaker knows exactly what they're talking about but cannot retrieve the actual nouns.

My husband is fluent in **Thinglish**. When I tell him, “Get the thingy that goes with the thingamajig. They go on the doohickey by the whatchamacallit,” he knows exactly what I mean.

Thinglish by TNAriesTiger October 16, 2026

Teenglish

The language teenagers speak that grown ups don't understand because they are not "down with it".

My twelve year old niece keeps posting Teenglish in her Facebook statuses and I don't understand a thing she says.

Teenglish by SlayerKat February 16, 2010

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

Tinglish 

A variation of the AP English course; during which you spent most of your time agonizing over writing thesis statements for literary essays, but then realise that it is a favorable activity compared to trying to - in vain - finish annotating Shakespeare.

Teacher: Caesura. Thesis statement. GO!
Student A: WHAT?! How is that possible for a literary essay?!
Student B: Well, I did one for calcium.
Student A: Agh, thesis statements...
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You will get a B-Ting in Tinglish class.

Tinglish by anonymous-but-obvious January 25, 2011

Chinglish 

Broken English produced by people whose mother tongue is Chinese, that results from one or more of the following:
- translating Chinese sentences on a word-by-word basis, instead of conveying the intended meaning (e.g. translating "wǒ hěn xǐhuan" as "I very like" instead of "I like it a lot")
- using faulty translation software and not bothering to check whether the translation is correct (e.g. translating "sàn gānguǒ" as "Spread to fuck the fruit" instead of "loose dried fruits"
- using obscure or slang words instead of the more common synonym (e.g. translating "Guānmén" as "steek" instead of "close", or translating "Shǒuzhǐ" as "bumf" instead of "toilet paper")
- falling victim of absurd translations provided as jokes (e.g. translating "tāotiè" as "exterminate capitalism" instead of "tantalizing")

Get rid of those signs! You can't expect people to read "To take notice of safe: The slippery are very crafty" and not to laugh at us!
(that was probably what Chen Lin said, when he decided that Chinglish signs in Beijing needed to be replaced)

Chinglish by Darth Detori January 11, 2011

Thingship 

a word made by the most cutest amazingest person in the world, kiana cause she is the best

like relationship,
but not
case its not a relationship
its a thingship!
for example
boy- "hey, wanna fuck"
girl-"cant sorry, im in a thingship"

Thingship by BOO123451236 November 8, 2011

Thanglish 

Certain dialect derived from San Jose, and spoken throughout the Bay Area as a type of slang used as substitutions for incriminating words and statements. Used as a type of code language to ensure there's no ear hustlin' going on in the near vicinity.

Are you talkin bout' thang, or THANG?

Lets talk thanglish so thang dont know what we're thangin' about.

Wussuh dog, you got any thang an shit?"

Thanglish by Cutty Crack October 8, 2010