a pattern of neurotic behavior, usually induced by a startle, first discovered in Malaya, and characterized by the compulsive imitation of the actions and words of others.
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The sailor then throws the piece of wood on to the deck, and the latah promptly follows suit with the baby (Guinon).
I has plowed an' I has sowed, an' latah on I has laid cyahpets, an' I has whitewashed.
I'll go if you wish it; though I tell you again, you're backing the wrong man, and soonah or latah you'll discover it.
In point of fact, I don't mind telling yah, I back myself still for a couple of thou' soonah or latah to marry yah.
More than one-half of the cereal crop in 1905 was produced in the prairie and plateau region of Nez Perce and Latah counties.