Eduspeak

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon used by educators. informal, uncountable

    "He generally spoke without academic mannerism, though on occasion he dipped into the over-wrought thickets of eduspeak to find words like “antithetical” or “foci” or “interface.”"

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"He generally spoke without academic mannerism, though on occasion he dipped into the over-wrought thickets of eduspeak to find words like “antithetical” or “foci” or “interface.”"

Etymology

From education + -speak.

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