Clong

//ˈklɒŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of conlang. humorous

    "A good example for that would be /aɪ̯/, which turns into /æ/ in Viennese and /oɐ̯/ in my mum's dialect. Same thing goes with my clong's dialects, where there's one with /æ/ and one with /oɐ̯/."

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of cling form-of, obsolete, participle, past

Example

More examples

"A good example for that would be /aɪ̯/, which turns into /æ/ in Viennese and /oɐ̯/ in my mum's dialect. Same thing goes with my clong's dialects, where there's one with /æ/ and one with /oɐ̯/."

Etymology

Corruption of conlang. Created on Reddit around 2020.

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