franglaisn.
/ˈfrɑːŋɡleɪ/, /ˈfrɒŋɡleɪ/, /frɒŋˈɡleɪ/, U.S. /ˌfrɑŋˈɡleɪ/ A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin. Also transferred and as adj.
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franglais1964
1959 M. Rat in R. Etiemble Parlez-vous Franglais (1964) ii. 34 Faudra-t-il appeler bientôt franglais ce français émaillé de vocables britanniques que la mode actuelle nous impose?]
1964 Economist 25 Apr. 354/1 ‘Franglais’—what the professor [sc. Etiemble] sees as French bastardised and ruined by Anglo-Saxon..borrowings.
1964 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 45/2 The ‘New Britain’..will be a world of tab collars, Mary Quant, and academic franglais, no doubt.
1965 New Statesman 7 May 735/1 At a time when young English writers and journalists are struggling to strike Gallicisms out of their equipment, the French complain that le franglais is taking over theirs.
1967 Guardian 8 Feb. 6/5 Upholders of Gallic linguistic purity lament the encroachment of what they call ‘franglais’.
1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xi. 80 ‘Alors bye-bye,’ she was saying... That awful way French women had on the phone, using idiotic franglais phrases like ‘because le job’.
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