Yeah, it's the old sound lantin enough to seem important, but be English enough to be understood.

[It's an old fake latin stretching back as far as WW2.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum) The Handmaids Tale is slightly different, but none are real latin.

I'm pretty sure that was the school motto from the fictions girls school, St trinians as well.

Either way, a good motto for the fight against the patriarchy.

Edit: the St trinians one used iligitimus, so same line of thought, different wording to get there.

Now I have Bastards by Kesha stuck in my head lol

Wasn't there a Rihanna song with this as the lyrics? Cheers (drink to that).

Don't let the bastards grind you down.