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"(adj) 1. composed of Latin words mxed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings. 2. composed of a mixetureof languages. 3. mixed; jumbled." (Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Gramercy Books, , New York, NY) This device is sometimes used in poetry to either parody an air of pseudo-sophistication or create a humourous ending by allowing the completion of a rhyme not otherwise possible. An example that comes to mind is one invented by a friend and I (during one of our 95 mile-each-way-commutes) to describe the interuption of one's commute by the California Hightway Patrol (CHP's or "Chips"): The downfall of all of us Is the Commutus Interruptus Brought on by the Chipus Who then Finus the Maximus
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