An anglicism, as most often defined,'s a word borrowed from English into another language. Speakers of the recipient language usually consider an anglicism to be substandard or undesirable (as a form of language contamination). "Anglicism" also describes English syntax, grammar, meaning and structure used in another language with varying degrees of corruption. Anglicisms in Chinese Note: Chinglish refers to poor or broken English used by native Chinese speakers, while anglicisms in Chinese refe… (More on Anglicism)