| pidgin |
| Definition: A simplified language that is created by groups that interact but which don't share a common language. |
| Example: No go jiggy-jiggy. |
| Etymology:
The word derives from the Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of the word business. Note: Initially, the word pidgin only denoted pigeon English, the reduced form of English used in China to allow Chinese and Europeans to communicate. Eventually, it came to denote any language of this type. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1826: "…I afterwards learned that …‘pigeon’, in the strange jargon spoken at Canton by way of English, means business." (B. Hall Acct. Voy. Corea (rev. ed.) vi. 287,) |