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Gringlish 

Spanish equivalent of Pig-Latin, in which English words are "Spanishized" by adding "-o" to the end of the word. Frequently used by clueless American college students on Spring Break in Cabo or Cancun.
Spring Breaker: "Donde esta el bano? Yo Need-o take-o un piss-o."

Buddy: "What the heck was that, man? You were totally talking Gringlish!"
Gringlish by El Mexigringo September 30, 2010

gringlish 

The always ridiculous, sometimes hilarious speech that ensues when a clueless gringo tries to approximate the "Spanish" language. Usually sincerely spoken (as if the speaker really believes it to be correct); sometimes intentionally affected for its humor value. Frequently heard spewing from the mouths of the D students in your Spanish class, stoner surfers in Baja, or frat boys on spring break. Often spoken in a VERY LOUD VOICE.

Most classic examples of gringlish don't ensue from a disrespect for Spanish or Latinos, but rather expose (and make fools of) the gringlish-speakers and their ignorance of Latino people and culture(s).
(D student with Spanish teacher:)

Student: Mi llamo es Dylan.
Teacher (correcting him): Me llamo Dylan.
Student: !Yo soy muy embarazado!

(Frat boy speaking gringlish to taxi driver:)

Yo quiero voy el beach-o, por favor-o.

(Surfer dude turning in for the night:)

!Bonus nachos dude-os!
gringlish by S. Osborn October 27, 2007

Cringlish 

Corporate-English: Corporate buzz words that dumb people use to sound important in a place of business. Usually oblivious to the user and annoying to the people around them. Frequently used by brownnosers and douche bags.
"We're going to maximize outtake through synergizing our paradigm and reaching out to our colleagues to realign our focus without having to reach for the low hanging fruit. We will touch base with our results going forward."

"Will you stop with the fucking cringlish you brown nosing douchebag!"
Cringlish by Wildfire83 June 19, 2009

Bringlish 

Language created in GMO (Global Mu Online), basiclly a mix between english and portuguese/spanish. It's used by people with lack of english (mostly latinos and brazilians) or by dudes that make fun of them. Its main characteristics are: misspelled words (yuo, liek, teh, ong, plox, mens, iten, etc), wrongly conjugated verbs, poor vocabulary and wrongly translated words.
random latino: HEPL PLOX MENES!!! me is very hackeado, i is teh T_T!!!
Dude1: wtf did he say?
Dude2: i think he was hacked or something
Dude3: lol, HE IS VERY HACKEADO OKAS MEN?
Dude1: roflolmao

a classic example of bringlish talking
Bringlish by Raos January 10, 2009

Ganglish 

The clever language invention that attempts to hide one's literacy and formal education by deceiving the reader into thinking you are 4 years old and mentally retarded. Prolonged exposure to ganglish has been shown to lead one to believe that shooting someone in the face is an admirable goal and will lead to a rich productive life filled with societal respect, endless money, sex and getting high in a large mansion until the end of days. Recent studies prove statistically that it instead leads to getting probed in the seat with a toothpaste tube in prison by an equally adept expert in ganglish...
cHEK dis KRAi-Z GANGLISH yO! i sHO b bANGen N rEPPn' tHuggg wit bote pLAYAz n sTooP hAID pEEEpz ahh dIS diZay!
Ganglish by Lou Sid 1 January 16, 2007
Also known as "franglais" (frong-legh).

A term to describe a Bilingual Canadian who uses both English and French in the same sentence, usually due to poor knowledge of the second language, so they have to resort to their first-learned language to "fill in the holes". Americans use this as well, but for Spanish and English ("Spanglish").
Classic use of Fringlish:

"Sorry... nous speak anglais very pas bien!"
fringlish by V.C. April 21, 2008
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