dog Latin


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dog Latin

n
spurious or incorrect Latin
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dog′ Lat`in


n.
mongrel or spurious Latin.
[1760–70]
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"Upper case is dog Latin and legalese - I don't understand that, I am an idiot to that.
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Although it does make me think of a "dog Latin" tag that a solicitor used to use for female clients who came complaining about their husbands' habits: "Hogamus, Higamus, man is polygamus ( Higamus, Hogamus, woman's monogamous."
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