Foblish
n.— «Albie and I went to the SG Soopa-See-tore (NO, it’s not Latin—that’s just Foblish) where she bought some paper.» —“My day in review” by Vy Ngoc Khanh Vo in Montebello, California s.u.r.r.e.a.l.e.x.i.s.t.a.n.c.e. Feb. 6, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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