Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
ease . - A suffix of Latin origin, added to names of places (towns or countries), properly, to form adjectives meaning ‘of or belonging to’ such a place, and hence (the same being used as nouns by omission of the appropriate noun) to signify
- ‘an inhabitant of’ such a place, or
- the ‘language’ or ‘dialect of’ such a place, as in Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Milanese, Veronese, Viennese, Berlinese, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Ease; pleasure.
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- noun obsolete
ease ;pleasure
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the compass point midway between east and southeast
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Examples
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But the most important part of Palin-ese is putting words together while disregarding “normal” grammar …
Think Progress » Toby Keith joins LL Cool J in shock at being used for Palin’s Fox News show. 2010
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For us, describing a politician as ‘failing to communicate’, or (in Americanese) ‘not getting his message out’ is what loyalists do.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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I think blogging has done a fine job of eliminating my penchant for writing in Englishese, as opposed to English.
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For us, describing a politician as ‘failing to communicate’, or (in Americanese) ‘not getting his message out’ is what loyalists do.
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Granted, the bit suggesting a local candidate originally from India pitch his campaign ideas in Southernese rubbed me the wrong way - but hell, I did the same thing to a local candidate from Jersey a few years back - which is just as bad I guess.
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Oh, in an earlier post today you used the third person SPanish male familar, "ese" it should have been "vato" or "ehmm" for Hermano.
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Sanchez speaks only in Militar-ese, meaningless words come out of his mouth while we are all hanging on the edge of our seats waiting for one single picture, definitive proof.
Behind the News liz donovan 2003
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Sanchez speaks only in Militar-ese, meaningless words come out of his mouth while we are all hanging on the edge of our seats waiting for one single picture, definitive proof.
Archive 2003-07-01 liz donovan 2003
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Reason being, "-ese" is a derogatory suffix, denoting an inferior race.
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Nex 'day mornin' da Affiky oomans bin-a gone 'way un lef' da lilly gal all by 'ese'f.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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