Jokelang

//ˈd͡ʒoʊkˌlæŋ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A joke language; an absurd constructed language created to amuse others.

    "Hee hee. My brother and I made up a little jokelang with pizza toppings to describe methods of murder, made up after watching some gangster movie where they had some kind of code, so that it sounded like they were talking about one thing while they were actually planning a hit."

Example

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"Hee hee. My brother and I made up a little jokelang with pizza toppings to describe methods of murder, made up after watching some gangster movie where they had some kind of code, so that it sounded like they were talking about one thing while they were actually planning a hit."

Etymology

Blend of joke + language. By surface analysis, joke + -lang.

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