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Dog Latin, or Cod Latin, macaronic Latin, mock Latin, or Canis Latinicus, is a phrase or jargon that imitates Latin. It is created by conjugating or declining non-Latin words, and is usually used to m
Broken "Latin" inscription in Fishguard
Illegitimi non carborundum
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Illegitimi non carborundum is a mock-Latin aphorism, often translated as "Don't let the bastards grind you down". The phrase itself has no meaning in Latin and can only be mock-translated.
Dog Latin
…genre, where Latin's modern association with the Occult signals something Satanic or gothic to the audience, regardless of whether the Latin is real. Illegitimi non carborundum, interpreted as "Don't let the bastards grind you down." In 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale, the protagonist Offred finds a similar phrase scratched…
A gravestone inscribed with the phrase