Sekirov Dictionary

pseudo-English

noun 4
adjective 2
forms 2

noun4

Lexical borrowings from English that do not correspond directly to English word usage.
•
Nonsense text or speech that resembles English in some way.
- However, even then, pseudo-English is a useful intermediate output since it can be used to update the dictionaries, to refine the partitioning methods, and to derive rules for syntactic analysis. — 1959
•
A structured artificial language that uses English words in order to be more user friendly for English speakers.
- There is a strong feeling that pseudo-English is more "user friendly" than symbolic notation. — 1983
(disapproving) English-language jargon or dialect that does not reflect the way most people speak.

adjective2

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In a style or manner that imitates the way things are done in England.
- During his adolescence he went to the most exclusive of the pseudo-English schools that try to recreate a Harrow or an Eton on the alien American scene. — 1947
•
Imitating the English language.
- Occasionally the French mania for showing off the talent they do not possess leads to still more amusing linguistic comedies — for instance, that case of the pseudo-English verb, flirter. — 1914

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