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Latin: Extraclaudiposteriorifabricátio

Pronunciation: ex-tra-clau-dee-pos-TE-ri-o-ri-fa-bri-KA-tee-o

Meaning: "The act of fabricating something by pulling it from one’s posterior."

  extra- = out of
  claudi- (from claudere, close/shut) repurposed for “the closed place”
  posterior- = the backside
  fabricatio = fabrication, invention
German: Poausdenkungsherausziehungsmachwerk

Pronunciation: POH-ows-den-kungs-heh-RAUS-tsee-oongs-MAHKH-verk

Meaning: "A contrived creation pulled out of the butt by thinking it up."

  Po = butt
  Ausdenkungs- = thinking-up
  Herausziehung = pulling-out
  Machwerk = contrived creation
Klingon: puchvo’vangDI’moHchu’ghach

Pronunciation: POOKH-vo vang-DEE-moakh-CHU-ghakh (roll the gh, hit the q hard, and use that throat ch like clearing your bat’leth sinuses)

Meaning: "The perfected act of boldly claiming something pulled out from the butt."

  puch = toilet (a real Klingon word)
  -vo’ = from
  vang = act, behave, assert (real root)
  -DI’ = when (adds timing spice)
  -moH = cause/make
  -chu’ = perfectly / clearly / expertly
  -ghach = turns a verb phrase into a noun (canonical nominalizer)




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