Dog Latin

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Dog Latin, or cod Latin, is a phrase or jargon that imitates Latin,^[1] often by what is referred to as "translating" English words (or those of other languages) into Latin by conjugating or declining them, as if they were Latin words. Dog Latin is usually a humorous device used for mocking scholarly seriousness. The term can also refer to a poor-quality attempt at writing genuine Latin.^[2]