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macaronic verse
macaronic verse,a term used to designate a burlesque form of verse in which vernacular words are introduced into a Latin context with Latin terminations and in Latin constructions and loosely to any form of verse in which two or more languages are mingled together [OED]. The chief writer of macaronic verse was Folengo .
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