Academese
//ə.kæ.dəˈmiːz// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A formal or artificial style of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education. derogatory, uncountable
"Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms."
Example
More examples"Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms."
Etymology
From academe + -ese (“language of”).
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