Youthspeak
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The style of language used by young people, incorporating modern slang etc. uncountable
"It was, to my surprise and dismay, months and months of quotes and quips I had read since the inception of the Facebook News Feed, now bubbling up from my subconscious in an inscrutable cacophony of youthspeak."
Example
More examples"It was, to my surprise and dismay, months and months of quotes and quips I had read since the inception of the Facebook News Feed, now bubbling up from my subconscious in an inscrutable cacophony of youthspeak."
Etymology
From youth + -speak.
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