Globish

/ ˈɡləʊbɪʃ /

noun

1. a simplified version of English used by non-native speakers, consisting of the most common words and phrases only

Word History and Origins

Origin of Globish¹

C20: a blend of _globe and _English

Example Sentences

Here, in Globish—with plus signs indicating missing words that Terry apparently doesn’t want to guess at and vertical lines demarcating metrical units—are the trapper’s instructions to Shamhat for seducing Enkidu:

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Gone, it seems, are the regional conferences conducted in “Globish” — the stilted, simplified version of English that used to be the norm.

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But the sacred job of protecting France from “brainless Globish” and the “deadly snobbery of Anglo-American,” as a member spat out in a speech last month, has rarely been more difficult to attain.

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“Globish” is therefore both a trademark for one man’s singular vision of international communication, and a way of describing the branching of English into multiple exotic planetary species.

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Such anglicisms, critics wrote, were an “unconscionable act of cultural vandalism”, employing the “sub-English known as Globish”.

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