Babuism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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.

Related phrases

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