hatelang

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noun

A conlang created with the primary goal of being unpleasing to its creator, usually as an edifying exercise.

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Scrabble 12

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nounhatelang (plural hatelangs)

plural hatelangs

  1. A conlang created with the primary goal of being unpleasing to its creator, usually as an edifying exercise.

    I did a language "Omlűt" which uses everything I used to avoid, a kind of hatelang. It's like a mix of german and english, but completely unusable.

    2012 October 14, Creyeditor, “Re: What did you accomplish today?”, in The CBB (forum)
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    Here are some ideas descended from what I call hatelangs .... languages that I created to either be bad on purpose, or to embody ideas which I dislike in order to serve as a foil for a different language.

    2020 March 30, Pabappa, “Re: Conlang Random Thread”, in Zompist Bboard (forum)

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APA

hatelang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatelang

MLA

“hatelang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatelang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hatelang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatelang.

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