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tankero.

A humorous animal which appears in jokes ridiculing poor English or foreign language proficiency.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑŋkero/[ˈt̪ɑ̝ŋk̟e̞ro̞]
  1. A humorous animal which appears in jokes ridiculing poor English or foreign language proficiency.

    dated · informal
  2. synonym of tankeroenglanti

    informal
Where this word comes from

From English dangerous, reinterpreted as a plural; from a joke in which a Finn (in many versions, Finnish politician Ahti Karjalainen) visits a zoo or goes on safari, sees a sign "All animals are dangerous" and comes to believe that every animal is called tankero.

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