Etymology

talkie-walkie

Today it means: A walkie-talkie. Full definition →

French talkie-walkie
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  1. French · borrowed fromtalkie-walkie
  2. English todaytalkie-walkie

Borrowed from French talkie-walkie, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from an inversion of English walkie-talkie.

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