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[spatch]

I just used the phrase "dorkus malorkus" in conversation but needed to pluralize it. So I wrote "dorkus malorkuses" but then I thought you know, that can't be right.

I mean, "dorkus" is the obvious noun in this. One can be a dorkus and one can be a dorkus malorkus but I don't think anyone outside of Dr. Seuss could've called someone a standalone malorkus. So obviously "malorkus" is the modifier here. And considering the proper plural of "Whopper Jr." is "Whoppers Jr." I am now well and truly stymied so I turn to you, the smart ones.

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[piezocuttlefish.livejournal.com]

I disagree. A dorkus is a human, or at least an entity with gender, so it would be 2nd declension masculine or 1st declension as the gender of the dorkus/dorka. Then again, yo, Latin doesn't even have a letter "k". Dorci malorci doesn't carry the same weight.

aliiyf has the best answer, of course.