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Definition of -speak combining form from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-speak

combining form
 
/spiːk/
 
/spiːk/
in nouns (informal, often disapproving)
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  1. the language used by a particular group of people, especially when it is difficult for other people to understand or they find it annoying
    • Visitors to websites don't want to read marketing-speak.
    • His email was a nonsensical paragraph of management-speak.
    • Unlike his colleagues, he avoids White House speak.
    • The ‘finished goods inventory’—that’s Wall Street speak for unsold goods.
See -speak in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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