-speak
combining form/spiːk/
/spiːk/
in nouns (informal, often disapproving)- 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.
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