Pseudo-anglicism
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A pseudo-anglicism is a word in another language that is formed from English elements and may appear to be English, but that does not exist as an English word with the same meaning.
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See also
- Anglicism
- Barbarism (modern linguistics)
- Calque
- Denglisch
- False friend
- Language transfer
- Loanword
- List of pseudo-German words adapted to English
- List of pseudo-French words adapted to English
- Phono-semantic matching
- Wasei-eigo
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