Womanese

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Women's way of speaking. humorous, uncountable

    "We agree with Mr. Stengel that it is because the Ladies' Home Journal understands women — and talks to them in womanese — that more women buy and read the Journal than any other magazine on earth."

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"We agree with Mr. Stengel that it is because the Ladies' Home Journal understands women — and talks to them in womanese — that more women buy and read the Journal than any other magazine on earth."

Etymology

From woman + -ese.

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