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noun
A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the onset consonants of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case -way [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: igpay atinlay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: backslang
noun
Alternative letter-case form of pig Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The word Latin derives from the language itself (though it is not linguistically related; that is an intentional misnomer), but the origin of pig is unknown.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
