Sham slavism

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As Scheinslawismus or Pseudoslawismus an apparent is borrowed from a Slavic language called that is there but without equivalent. As a rule, such bogus loans are not associated with a specific language of the Slavic-speaking area.

Examples of pseudo-Slavisms are “Besoffski” as a name for a drunk or alcoholic and “ Püttek ” as a name for a friend who works underground in the Ruhr area .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thorsten Siever: Accessibility aspects for communication in the technical age , in Konstanze Marx and Monika Schwarz-Friesel (eds.): Language and communication in the technical age: How much technology can our society endure? , Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-028216-0 . (Pp. 17–18)

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