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单词 pig latin
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pig Latinn.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡ ˌlatɪn/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ ˌlætn/ (in sense 2 also)Brit. /ˌpɪɡ ˈlatɪn/, U.S. /ˌpɪɡ ˈlætn/
Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.1, Latin n.
Etymology: < pig n.1 + Latin n. (compare sense 1 at that entry). Compare earlier hog Latin n. at hog n.1 Compounds 2a.
1. Incorrect or bad Latin; mock-Latin, spurious or parodying Latin. Cf. hog Latin n. at hog n.1 Compounds 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Latin > anglicized or corrupt
English Latinc1475
kitchen-Latin1579
law-Latin1615
dog-Latin1661
bog Latin1785
hog Latin1807
Anglo-Latin1811
rogue's Latin1818
Monk-Latin1843
pig Latin1844
1844 Brooklyn Eagle 16 July We do not see what there is to prevent a dealer in liquor from displaying a pound or two of Epsom salts in his window, three or four jars, labelled with inscriptions in pig latin, and sticking up an apothecary's shingle.
1869 Putnam's Mag. May 610/1 I had plenty of ammunition in reserve, to say nothing, Tom, of our pig Latin. ‘Hoggibus, piggibus et shotam damnabile grunto’, and all that sort of thing.
1951 N. Schachner Thomas Jefferson (1957) iv. 37 Jefferson..was penning a weird, schoolboyish, pig-Latin letter to his friend... ‘Galfridi-filius Ambulatori S. (Jeffrey-son to Walker greeting)’.
2000 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 18 Aug. 8 It was ignorance that led the cultists to believe that amulets and pig Latin inscribed on bond paper would protect them from the storm of bullets.
2. An invented or modified version of a language; spec. a systematically altered form of English used as a sort of code, esp. by children. In extended use: excessively convoluted language.The most common form is produced by transferring the initial consonant or consonant cluster of each word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable (usually //).
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language
artificial language1705
natural language1774
Ziph1834
Volapük1885
Esperanto1892
pig Latin1896
pseudo-language1898
Idiom Neutral1903
auxiliary language1905
Panroman1907
universal1907
Ido1908
Mummerset1915
Interlingua1922
Reformed Neutral1922
occidental1926
interlanguage1927
world auxiliary1927
Novial1928
isotype1936
Interglossa1943
Klingon1985
leetspeak1996
leet2001
1896 J. Willard in Atlantic Monthly Jan. 61/1 They all spoke a queer jargon which they themselves had invented. It was something like the well-known ‘pig Latin’ that all sorts of children like to play with.
1937 E. Lyons Assignment in Utopia (1938) iii. xii. 402 Ideological hair-splitting and proletarian pig-Latin.
2003 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 7 Dec. c2 Hamlet in pig Latin: ‘Otay ebay, orway otnay otay ebay; athay isway ethay estionquay’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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