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climate-speak en · NOUN

Etymology

From climate + -speak.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change.
   • This is another example where climate-speak removes itself from common parlance and common sense. 2017, Paul Hawkin, Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, page vii:
   • In global climate-speak, terms like 'scenario', 'impact', 'vulnerability', 'irreversible', 'mitigation', 'adaptation' and 'adaptive capacity' have become common currency, verbal coins sometimes so worn that they almost lose meaning, even though they carry sinister messages about the future of humanity. 2011, V. Berridge, M. Gorsky, Environment, Health and History, page 264:

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