Desperanto

What is Desperanto?


1.

The use of unrelated words from a variety of languages, including English, in the same sentence to attempt to convey meaning while in a non-English speaking country. Often delivered in a panicky attempt to be understood.

Bill: Dude, how will we find the right train?

Alice: Don't worry, I speak Desperanto: Hola, ou est le train pour Barcelona bitte? A quelle hour does it salga por favor?

See language, frenglish, esperanto, chinglish

2.

Desperanto describes a subset of the words of the Urban Dictionary. A word is Desperanto if it has a highly subjective meaning and a very narrow relevance.

To be truly Desperanto, new words and concepts must be idiosyncratic, of limited use, and suggest a close-but-not-quite relationship with an already existing concept...and propably only funny to people in the know.

" Wapaneseis a very Desperanto word."

Desperanto is itself a desperanto word, as it resembles both desperado and the language Esperanto...

See language, slang, concept, lingo, humour


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