Yerkish

 [yur-kish]  

Yer·kish

   [yur-kish]
noun
an experimental language for communicating with apes, using symbols consisting of geometric shapes.
Origin:
1970–75; Yerk(es) (Regional Primate Research Center, at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) + -ish1
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Yerkish is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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