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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 裝屄 / 装屄 (zhuāngbī, “(vulgar) to flaunt oneself”) + -bility.
Noun
zhuangbility (uncountable)
- (Chinglish, Internet slang, vulgar) Pretension; the state of being a poseur.
2010, Kai Du, Yinyin Cai, “Culture and high education in China”, in International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, →DOI:Because of zhuangbility in diploma and tutors, many excellent students are crowded out of higher education.
2019, “Trade Deficit: Chinese Exported into English”, in T. R. Mwanaka, editor, Nationalism: (mis)understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars, volume 2, →ISBN:Jennifer enjoys playing zhuangbility. She is nobody but a sexretary.
2020, Ou Ning, Utopia in Practice: Bishan Project and Rural Reconstruction, →ISBN, page xliii:To me, what Tolstoy did was simply “class transvestitism,” a kind of zhuangbility (a coined word mixing Chinese and English, which roughly means being pretentious) in disguise, because differences in family background, education, and ability cannot be concealed.
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