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chimology

Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

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chimology cheemology cheeminology cheemalogy

chiminology

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Singlish:

chim

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English:

-(ino)logy

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definitions

noun

  1. (humorous) the use of complex terminology and overly-sophisticated vocabulary

    2. Critical reading and training in literature may seem, what Singaporeans would consider "cheeminology", requiring a special kind of education at the cost of the money-makers and practical pursuits. Perhaps this is so. However, I have never met a child of whichever level of education with whom I cannot discuss text and humanity.

    — 2018 April 20, Dr Nuraliah Norasid. rima.sg, "In Defense of Reading: Need for A Culture of Literary Literacy in the Community". https://rima.sg/in-defense-of-reading-need-for-a-culture-of-literary-literacy-in-the-community/


related:

chimness atas air-level agaration paktology chim

references:

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Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2003). Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, (Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change, Series editor: Charles Jones). ISBN 1-4039-1723-X. pp. 52-53.