Babuism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A malapropism or other erroneous form produced by an Indian speaking English. countable, uncountable
"They altered the idiom, but they could say whatever they wanted to say quickly; there were none of the babuisms ascribed to them up at the Club."
Example
More examples"They altered the idiom, but they could say whatever they wanted to say quickly; there were none of the babuisms ascribed to them up at the Club."
Etymology
From babu + -ism.
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