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clong en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈklɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈklɑŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Corruption of conlang. Created on Reddit around 2020.

Meanings

  1. (humorous) Synonym of conlang.
    • A good example for that would be /aɪ̯/, which turns into /æ/ in Viennese and /oɐ̯/ in my mum's dialect. Same thing goes with my clong's dialects, where there's one with /æ/ and one with /oɐ̯/. 2023 November 29, Michael Dorninger <michael.dorninger@univie.ac.at>, “Re: Influence from your dialect”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu:

Forms

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clongs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

cloŋ

Synonyms

conlang

wikipedia: Reddit

clong en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈklɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈklɑŋ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of cling
    form of cling