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double dutch

Incomprehensible language.

Etymology:

  • double + Dutch For sense 1: The English, historically, found Dutch particularly difficult to understand, so anything that was completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch.
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Additional definitions for 'double dutch':

double dutchA game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
double dutchA language game akin to pig Latin.
double dutchSex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.
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