business-speakn.

Brit.

/ˈbɪznᵻsˌspiːk/, U.S.

/ˈbɪznᵻsˌspik/,

/ˈbɪznᵻzˌspik/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: business n., -speak suffix.

Etymology: < business n. + -speak suffix. Compare earlier businessese n.

Frequently depreciative.

A form of language considered characteristic of businesspeople, esp. in containing jargon or in being obfuscatory, banal, or clichéd. Cf. management-speak n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1973 E. G. Addeo & R. E. Burger EgoSpeak iii. 44 BusinessSpeak can tell us how our communications are working or are breaking down in a much broader way than can the various ‘principles’ which lampoon corporate politics.

1981 Washington Post 8 Mar. (Style section) 2/3 The four men communicate..in the short, bland sentences of business speak.

1995 A. B. Shostak For Labor's Sake 324 Refusing to be put off by obfuscating jargon (‘business-speak’) and woolly-headed claptrap.

2009 R. R. Smith Breakfast with Socrates (2010) iv. 47 When it comes to business-speak, sporting metaphors are surely the most ubiquitous of all (‘pulling together’, ‘getting onside’, etc.).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	business-speak
释义	business-speakn. Brit. /ˈbɪznᵻsˌspiːk/, U.S. /ˈbɪznᵻsˌspik/, /ˈbɪznᵻzˌspik/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: business n., -speak suffix. Etymology: < business n. + -speak suffix. Compare earlier businessese n. Frequently depreciative. A form of language considered characteristic of businesspeople, esp. in containing jargon or in being obfuscatory, banal, or clichéd. Cf. management-speak n. ΘΚΠ 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 1973 E. G. Addeo & R. E. Burger EgoSpeak iii. 44 BusinessSpeak can tell us how our communications are working or are breaking down in a much broader way than can the various ‘principles’ which lampoon corporate politics. 1981 Washington Post 8 Mar. (Style section) 2/3 The four men communicate..in the short, bland sentences of business speak. 1995 A. B. Shostak For Labor's Sake 324 Refusing to be put off by obfuscating jargon (‘business-speak’) and woolly-headed claptrap. 2009 R. R. Smith Breakfast with Socrates (2010) iv. 47 When it comes to business-speak, sporting metaphors are surely the most ubiquitous of all (‘pulling together’, ‘getting onside’, etc.). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1973
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