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Definition of Mother-in-law style
1. Noun. (linguistics anthropology) The style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (i.e. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words. (Reference: ''Macquarie Aboriginal Words'', Macquarie University, 1994, paperback ISBN 0-949757-79-9, introduction.) ¹
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