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单词 codespeak
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codespeakn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊdspiːk/, U.S. /ˈkoʊdˌspik/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: code n., -speak suffix.
Etymology: < code n. + -speak suffix.
Deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or indirect language; jargon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > deliberate
prolocution1679
double-talk1948
straddling1949
double-speak1957
codespeak1987
the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups
indenture Englisha1568
water language1702
jockeyism1802
slum1812
Polari1846
stable-language1856
scientificism1860
water-slang1860
Oxfordish1863
galley-slang1867
pitmatic1885
commercialese1910
legalese1911
academese1917
Hollywoodese1920
businessese1921
Hollywoodism1925
trade unionese1927
advertisingese1929
officese1935
sociologese1940
Whitehallese1940
Newspeak1949
patter1949
Pentagonese1950
educationese1958
computerese1960
managementese1961
spacespeak1963
computer-speak1968
techno-jargon1972
business-speak1973
Eurospeak1975
Euro-jargon1976
technospeak1976
doctorspeak1977
corporate-speak1978
medspeak1979
mellowspeak1979
technobabble1981
teenspeak1982
management-speak1986
codespeak1987
1987 Times 7 Aug. 15/4 The American magazine, W, told me that ‘Paris is enchanted again’, which is code-speak meaning trouble for anyone over 15.
1992 Sports Illustr. 31 Aug. 69/2 He does allow that ‘we need more speed defensively’. In today's codespeak, that means more black players.
2015 J. Martin Monday's Lie 158 Someone in charge came up to me and told me that they'd gotten some information and that there was an important asset, which by that time I knew was super-secret-agent codespeak for ‘person’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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