teenspeakn.
/ˈtiːnspiːk/, U.S. /ˈtinˌspik/ The language or way of speaking characteristic of teenagers; teenage jargon.Earliest in attributive use. Chiefly in journalistic contexts.
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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
1982 Port Arthur (Texas) News 27 Aug. b7/4 Moon delivers a series of ‘teenspeak’ monologues.
1985 Times 3 Sept. 8/4 Old-style elocution lessons are out and instead, teenagers are taking instruction from each other in anti-elocution, or teenspeak.
1986 Times 3 Jan. 8/5 I keep up with the political gossip of dozens of countries; I am instructed by my children in ‘teenspeak’.
2014 Stage 27 Mar. 8/3 It was dumbed down with an abundance of teenspeak (‘Demetrius dumps Helena’).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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