teacherese en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From teacher + -ese.
Meanings
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(humorous, sometimes, uncountable) The sort of language spoken by teachers.
This latter was a nice teacherese way of saying that Alex was hopelessly uncoordinated. It took her forever to learn to put on her underpants […]
1997, Frank Deford, Alex: the life of a child:'Troubled', the headmaster had said, presumably teacherese for the same thing.
1995, Anabel Donald, In at the Deep End: