Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a native festal excitement; especially the Moharram ceremonies.
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- noun A
word orphrase borrowed by onelanguage from another andmodified inpronunciation to fit theset ofsounds and the spelling the borrowing language typically uses.
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After the dictionary Hobson-Jobson.
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sionnach commented on the word hobson-jobson
the alteration of a word or phrase borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the phonological and lexical patterns of the borrowing language, as in English hoosegow from Spanish juzgado.
Origin:
1625–35; Anglo-Indian rendering of Ar y�? Ḥasan, y�? Husayn lament uttered during taʿziyah; an example of such an alteration.
There is also the Hobson-Jobson dictionary of Anglo-Indian words and phrases.
December 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word hobson-jobson
Hasten, Jason
Bring the basin
... too late
Bring the mop.
December 3, 2008