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*** Speaking of speaking around a word you don't know, the word for this (in English) is "circumlocution". Useful stuff.

* In Chile, the word 'wea' and its derivates can mean absolutely anything and anyone. It can get very confusing for a non-chilean to understand which thing is the 'wea' we are referring to.

** It's actually very much a [[~~SMURFING~~]] kind of thing.

** It's actually very much a [[smurfing]] kind of thing.

* The same in Colombia with the word 'vaina', except it's never used on people, hence being translated as a very localized version of "thing", and being one of the few words used by everyone regardless of region/accent.

* In the immortal words of the Danish Prime minister Lars Løkke "Those who earn more, and pay a lot, and now pay a little less. Well they pay more-less, than those who earn a little less, and pay less, thus paying less-less"

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* Japanese is also big on Buffy Speak from a grammatical standpoint. All [[wikipedia:Japanese grammar#Demonstratives/|demonstratives]], and also mono and koto often only serve to exacerbate confusion in a world that is elusive as it is. [http://ja.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/読みにくい文章/意味の分かりにくい文章/ Exhibit A (at 13.).] This is [[No Pun Intended|compounded]] by throngs of chinese loanwords (see above) that a speaker has to live with.

* A [[Con Lang]] called Toki Pona has this as its basic premise. It has only hundred-something roots, and words are formed from them exactly this way.

** And its [[Evil Twin]], [[Russian Language|Russian mat]] that has only six or seven roots that are all [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]]. * In mat, you can compose complex, perfectly legitimate and meaningful (in context) sentences [[Cluster F-Bomb|completely out of swear words]], sometimes even working with ''one'' word base per sentence. This phenomenon is depicted in Russian humour; for example, in jokes about construction workers or engineers forced by the new superior (or a foreign consultant) to stick to decent language. This results in their inability to communicate and complete their tasks.

** And its [[Evil Twin]], [[Russian Language|Russian mat]] that has only six or seven roots that are all [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]].

*** In mat, you can compose complex, perfectly legitimate and meaningful (in context) sentences [[Cluster F-Bomb|completely out of swear words]], sometimes even working with ''one'' word base per sentence. This phenomenon is depicted in Russian humour; for example, in jokes about construction workers or engineers forced by the new superior (or a foreign consultant) to stick to decent language. This results in their inability to communicate and complete their tasks.

* A toaster manufactured by Breville has an "A Bit More" button.