English Explanatory Dictionary

mother-in-law style

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (i.e. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people, this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words.

Word forms

mother-in-law style

Synonyms

mother-in-law language
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