clong

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈklɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklɑŋ/

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• Hyphenation: clong

Corruption of conlang. Created on Reddit around 2020.

clong (plural clongs)

1. (conlanging, humorous) Synonym of conlang.

   Alternative form: cloŋ

   • 2023 November 29, Michael Dorninger <michael.dorninger@univie.ac.at>, “Re: Influence from your dialect”, in Conlang mailing list‎^[1], via listserv.brown.edu:

     A good example for that would be /aɪ̯/, which turns into /æ/ in Viennese and /oɐ̯/ in my mum's dialect. Same thing goes with my clong's dialects, where there's one with /æ/ and one with /oɐ̯/.

clong

1. (obsolete) past participle of cling

• “clong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.