Sjatusousj-datoosouj

Sjatusousj-datoosouj [SZAT-oo-sooj DAT-oo-sooj], or sjatuj for short, is a type of word play relying on puns, reversion and double meaning to comic and satirical ends. It was popularised in the culture of the Ennseperan Empire, but derives from similar wordplay found in the Doroun culture of the ancient Empire of Dor-en-Sann, and still seen to some extent in modern Ororr.

The name derives from Enseperan Doroun meaning “I visited your house”, but can also mean “I shit on your house”, which by extension means “I disrespect your ancestry”. The contraction sjatuj means house-talk or baby-talk, a kind of slang you'd use amongst friends and family, but can also mean “talking shit”. It is a lyrical form of wordplay which relies on stressing certain words or parts of words, or slightly mispronouncing letters, to comic and often scatological effect.

Though ancient, the form was popularised in what is now the Gildot region of Ororr, where villages would invent scurrilous rhymes about their neighbours as a form of one-upmanship. It became a key part of both low-brow theatrical comic farces and some more high-brow faux-academic writing. It reached its peak in the 9th century before the War of Schisms, when both sides used sjatujé pamphlets to satirise, mock and attack their opponents.