A synonym for “bastardized” without the evil slant?












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With the following definition:




To lower in quality or character.




Synonyms found:




corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect




However all of those have a very "intentionally evil" connotation. I would say more along the lines of "messed up", but it needs to portray that it's somewhat intentional, just not with the evil slant.



Intentionally done, but unintentionally wrong, is what I'm looking for.



Perfect Example:



My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "bastardized" Latin, it should have been Aequitatis Custos (the correct way to say what I wanted).



I intentionally created my nick like that, but had no intention to make it wrong.



Reason for desiring a synonym is due to the perceived obscenity of the word bastard by some people.










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    Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
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  • @PLL example given
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    I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
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  • Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
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With the following definition:




To lower in quality or character.




Synonyms found:




corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect




However all of those have a very "intentionally evil" connotation. I would say more along the lines of "messed up", but it needs to portray that it's somewhat intentional, just not with the evil slant.



Intentionally done, but unintentionally wrong, is what I'm looking for.



Perfect Example:



My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "bastardized" Latin, it should have been Aequitatis Custos (the correct way to say what I wanted).



I intentionally created my nick like that, but had no intention to make it wrong.



Reason for desiring a synonym is due to the perceived obscenity of the word bastard by some people.










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    Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
    – PLL
    Mar 9 '11 at 16:06










  • @PLL example given
    – Brett Allen
    Mar 9 '11 at 16:20






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    I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
    – slim
    Dec 19 '11 at 11:38










  • Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
    – user70974
    Apr 3 '14 at 15:29














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With the following definition:




To lower in quality or character.




Synonyms found:




corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect




However all of those have a very "intentionally evil" connotation. I would say more along the lines of "messed up", but it needs to portray that it's somewhat intentional, just not with the evil slant.



Intentionally done, but unintentionally wrong, is what I'm looking for.



Perfect Example:



My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "bastardized" Latin, it should have been Aequitatis Custos (the correct way to say what I wanted).



I intentionally created my nick like that, but had no intention to make it wrong.



Reason for desiring a synonym is due to the perceived obscenity of the word bastard by some people.










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With the following definition:




To lower in quality or character.




Synonyms found:




corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect




However all of those have a very "intentionally evil" connotation. I would say more along the lines of "messed up", but it needs to portray that it's somewhat intentional, just not with the evil slant.



Intentionally done, but unintentionally wrong, is what I'm looking for.



Perfect Example:



My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "bastardized" Latin, it should have been Aequitatis Custos (the correct way to say what I wanted).



I intentionally created my nick like that, but had no intention to make it wrong.



Reason for desiring a synonym is due to the perceived obscenity of the word bastard by some people.







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    Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
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  • @PLL example given
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    Mar 9 '11 at 16:20






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    I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
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    Dec 19 '11 at 11:38










  • Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
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    Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
    – PLL
    Mar 9 '11 at 16:06










  • @PLL example given
    – Brett Allen
    Mar 9 '11 at 16:20






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    I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
    – slim
    Dec 19 '11 at 11:38










  • Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
    – user70974
    Apr 3 '14 at 15:29








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Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
– PLL
Mar 9 '11 at 16:06




Can you give an example of the sort of sentence/context you’d like to use it in?
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@PLL example given
– Brett Allen
Mar 9 '11 at 16:20




@PLL example given
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Mar 9 '11 at 16:20




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I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
– slim
Dec 19 '11 at 11:38




I'd argue that you should use "bastardised", because it's the correct word; those who are (wrongly) offended will just have to learn.
– slim
Dec 19 '11 at 11:38












Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
– user70974
Apr 3 '14 at 15:29




Daniel Webster stated in a letter just before the time of his death that the worst thing that he had ever done in his life was to do this to the English language. That the reason he did it was because he needed the money. What he did was to make all nouns verbs, adjectives and pronouns through modification. Modification is change, change is motion, motion is...
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Most words which are synonymous with bastardized will probably have negative connotations, I would imagine. Several that have been suggested (adulterate, debase, contaminated, pollute) all sound negative to me. The reason is that most of these things are not desirable things. Nobody wants contamination or pollution or something that's been reduced to its base form.



Thus I'd suggest other words that don't imply so much destruction:




  • twisted

  • broken

  • malformed

  • defective

  • unusual (as a euphemism)






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Adulterate might be useful. It still sounds dirty, but not as evil as contaminate and whatnot.



By far the best term for the specific situation of your username is Canis Latinicus. A less specific and fairly neutrally descriptive term for bastardized language is simply broken.



If you'd like to lampshade the fact that you're bowdlerizing the term "bastardized" in order to placate the squeamish, I would suggest illegitimized.






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  • That will work great for physical composition, and honestly would work better than bastardize in that situation.
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You might consider dilute or mitigate.






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    I don't think debase, contaminate and pollute necessarily express negative intent.






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      "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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      I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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    I like 'borked' or 'borken' but I'm not sure if that passes the bar or not :)






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      You fudged it: "to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way".






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        botched, but that comes along with a connotation of carelessness.






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          "Misuse"



          "My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "misused" Latin"






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            This particular example is dog-Latin (not to be confused with pig-Latin). The word has a long history (17th century if not earlier), and means 'Latin words, but without the correct grammar or agreement'; seems ideal.






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              Dysmorphic I suppose. Though a basically a medical term exists with very narrow definition.






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                If your intention is to say that something follows on from something else and, though changed significantly, relies upon the previous work without any suggestion of negativity, I'd suggest "adapted."



                Does, this have the connotation you are looking for? It kind of depends on the context and audience.






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                  The above suggestion of 'twisted' led me to warped, then to changed, then to distorted. I find distorted to be a fitting substitute for bastardized in the context I was looking for.






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                    Most words which are synonymous with bastardized will probably have negative connotations, I would imagine. Several that have been suggested (adulterate, debase, contaminated, pollute) all sound negative to me. The reason is that most of these things are not desirable things. Nobody wants contamination or pollution or something that's been reduced to its base form.



                    Thus I'd suggest other words that don't imply so much destruction:




                    • twisted

                    • broken

                    • malformed

                    • defective

                    • unusual (as a euphemism)






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                    • Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
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                    Most words which are synonymous with bastardized will probably have negative connotations, I would imagine. Several that have been suggested (adulterate, debase, contaminated, pollute) all sound negative to me. The reason is that most of these things are not desirable things. Nobody wants contamination or pollution or something that's been reduced to its base form.



                    Thus I'd suggest other words that don't imply so much destruction:




                    • twisted

                    • broken

                    • malformed

                    • defective

                    • unusual (as a euphemism)






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                    • Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
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                    Most words which are synonymous with bastardized will probably have negative connotations, I would imagine. Several that have been suggested (adulterate, debase, contaminated, pollute) all sound negative to me. The reason is that most of these things are not desirable things. Nobody wants contamination or pollution or something that's been reduced to its base form.



                    Thus I'd suggest other words that don't imply so much destruction:




                    • twisted

                    • broken

                    • malformed

                    • defective

                    • unusual (as a euphemism)






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                    Most words which are synonymous with bastardized will probably have negative connotations, I would imagine. Several that have been suggested (adulterate, debase, contaminated, pollute) all sound negative to me. The reason is that most of these things are not desirable things. Nobody wants contamination or pollution or something that's been reduced to its base form.



                    Thus I'd suggest other words that don't imply so much destruction:




                    • twisted

                    • broken

                    • malformed

                    • defective

                    • unusual (as a euphemism)







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                    • Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
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                    • Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
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                    Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
                    – Brett Allen
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                    Malformed fits perfectly in my example, and those other suggestions are very good for different situations. Thanks!
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                    Adulterate might be useful. It still sounds dirty, but not as evil as contaminate and whatnot.



                    By far the best term for the specific situation of your username is Canis Latinicus. A less specific and fairly neutrally descriptive term for bastardized language is simply broken.



                    If you'd like to lampshade the fact that you're bowdlerizing the term "bastardized" in order to placate the squeamish, I would suggest illegitimized.






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                    Adulterate might be useful. It still sounds dirty, but not as evil as contaminate and whatnot.



                    By far the best term for the specific situation of your username is Canis Latinicus. A less specific and fairly neutrally descriptive term for bastardized language is simply broken.



                    If you'd like to lampshade the fact that you're bowdlerizing the term "bastardized" in order to placate the squeamish, I would suggest illegitimized.






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                    Adulterate might be useful. It still sounds dirty, but not as evil as contaminate and whatnot.



                    By far the best term for the specific situation of your username is Canis Latinicus. A less specific and fairly neutrally descriptive term for bastardized language is simply broken.



                    If you'd like to lampshade the fact that you're bowdlerizing the term "bastardized" in order to placate the squeamish, I would suggest illegitimized.






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                    Adulterate might be useful. It still sounds dirty, but not as evil as contaminate and whatnot.



                    By far the best term for the specific situation of your username is Canis Latinicus. A less specific and fairly neutrally descriptive term for bastardized language is simply broken.



                    If you'd like to lampshade the fact that you're bowdlerizing the term "bastardized" in order to placate the squeamish, I would suggest illegitimized.







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                    • That will work great for physical composition, and honestly would work better than bastardize in that situation.
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                    • That will work great for physical composition, and honestly would work better than bastardize in that situation.
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                    That will work great for physical composition, and honestly would work better than bastardize in that situation.
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                    That will work great for physical composition, and honestly would work better than bastardize in that situation.
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                    You might consider dilute or mitigate.






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                        You might consider dilute or mitigate.






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                            I don't think debase, contaminate and pollute necessarily express negative intent.






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                              "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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                              I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                            I don't think debase, contaminate and pollute necessarily express negative intent.






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                              "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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                              I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                            I don't think debase, contaminate and pollute necessarily express negative intent.






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                            I don't think debase, contaminate and pollute necessarily express negative intent.







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                              "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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                              I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                              "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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                              I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                            "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
                            – Brett Allen
                            Mar 9 '11 at 16:06






                            "He contaminated/polluted the water/food/air", is general usage of those words, a very negative connotation because of it. Debase now that I think about it is relatively neutral, but it applies more towards currency, morals and people, rather than something you can do to a random object, so doesn't really fit my needs unfortunately. +1 for pointing out debase.
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                            I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                            I think you can say “accidental contamination”, which makes it clear it does not have inherent negative intent implications... But, there is no accounting for taste
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                            I like 'borked' or 'borken' but I'm not sure if that passes the bar or not :)






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                              I like 'borked' or 'borken' but I'm not sure if that passes the bar or not :)






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                                I like 'borked' or 'borken' but I'm not sure if that passes the bar or not :)






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                                I like 'borked' or 'borken' but I'm not sure if that passes the bar or not :)







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                                    You fudged it: "to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way".






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                                      You fudged it: "to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way".






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                                        You fudged it: "to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way".






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                                        You fudged it: "to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way".







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                                            botched, but that comes along with a connotation of carelessness.






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                                                botched, but that comes along with a connotation of carelessness.






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                                                      "My nick name on here is Aequitarum Custos, which is a "misused" Latin"






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                                                            This particular example is dog-Latin (not to be confused with pig-Latin). The word has a long history (17th century if not earlier), and means 'Latin words, but without the correct grammar or agreement'; seems ideal.






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                                                              This particular example is dog-Latin (not to be confused with pig-Latin). The word has a long history (17th century if not earlier), and means 'Latin words, but without the correct grammar or agreement'; seems ideal.






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                                                                This particular example is dog-Latin (not to be confused with pig-Latin). The word has a long history (17th century if not earlier), and means 'Latin words, but without the correct grammar or agreement'; seems ideal.






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                                                                This particular example is dog-Latin (not to be confused with pig-Latin). The word has a long history (17th century if not earlier), and means 'Latin words, but without the correct grammar or agreement'; seems ideal.







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                                                                    Dysmorphic I suppose. Though a basically a medical term exists with very narrow definition.






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                                                                      Dysmorphic I suppose. Though a basically a medical term exists with very narrow definition.






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                                                                        Dysmorphic I suppose. Though a basically a medical term exists with very narrow definition.






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                                                                        Dysmorphic I suppose. Though a basically a medical term exists with very narrow definition.







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                                                                            If your intention is to say that something follows on from something else and, though changed significantly, relies upon the previous work without any suggestion of negativity, I'd suggest "adapted."



                                                                            Does, this have the connotation you are looking for? It kind of depends on the context and audience.






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                                                                              If your intention is to say that something follows on from something else and, though changed significantly, relies upon the previous work without any suggestion of negativity, I'd suggest "adapted."



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                                                                                If your intention is to say that something follows on from something else and, though changed significantly, relies upon the previous work without any suggestion of negativity, I'd suggest "adapted."



                                                                                Does, this have the connotation you are looking for? It kind of depends on the context and audience.






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                                                                                If your intention is to say that something follows on from something else and, though changed significantly, relies upon the previous work without any suggestion of negativity, I'd suggest "adapted."



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                                                                                    The above suggestion of 'twisted' led me to warped, then to changed, then to distorted. I find distorted to be a fitting substitute for bastardized in the context I was looking for.






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                                                                                      The above suggestion of 'twisted' led me to warped, then to changed, then to distorted. I find distorted to be a fitting substitute for bastardized in the context I was looking for.






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                                                                                        The above suggestion of 'twisted' led me to warped, then to changed, then to distorted. I find distorted to be a fitting substitute for bastardized in the context I was looking for.






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