furbish

Example Sentences

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Though they’re programmed to start speaking in Furbish — a language that was inspired by the Japanese, Thai, Chinese and Hebrew that Furby co-creator David Hampton learned during his time in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The Furbish doesn’t quite track, I will say.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2021

That seems to have happened to mine; thanks to the companion iPhone app that translates Furbish to English, I gathered that a lot of her responses include the phrase “OMG!”

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2012

Indeed, the decision could affect at least eleven other projects, including the proposed $690 million Dickey-Lincoln Dam in Maine, which would endanger the Furbish lousewort, a rare plant that resembles the snapdragon.

From Time Magazine Archive

I suspect that you will find him where you are going to, Mr Furbish, he’s got that far by this time.”

From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Marryat, Frederick