hyperforeignism

Definitions

noun linguistics, uncountable The misapplication of foreign pronunciation or usage.
noun linguistics, countable An instance or example of hyperforeignism.

1982, hyperforeign + -ism.

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This phenomenon is technically referred to as hyperforeignism, an offshoot of hypercorrecting.

Brooks Peters: Le Mot Juiced 2009
Omitting the final “s” is an example of a hyperforeignism: in French, this mispronunciation sounds like coup de gras, which means “blow of fat”, or cou de gras, which means “neck of fat”.

hyperforeignism | clusterflock 2009
I, too, actually find the systematic hyperforeignism hypothesis more credible than my own.

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Brooks Peters: Le Mot Juiced 2009
at the normal English pronunciation in favor of a pinyin pronunciation would shade closer to hyperforeignism in my mind akin to the newscasters' over-enunciated "Nee-kar-agggh-wa" for Nicaragua.

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Brooks Peters: Le Mot Juiced 2009