techspeak en · NOUN
Etymology
From tech + -speak.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Technical or technological jargon.
More to the point: In Hollywood techspeak, a “gobo” (one b) is a small disc placed directly between a key light and the actor being illuminated, so as to diffuse the glare.
2009 May 10, “You Say Gobo, I Say”, in New York Times:Affectionate AI, trading the paternalism of typical techspeak for a softer—or, to put it bluntly, more feminine—framing, is pretty transparent as a branding play: It is an act of anxiety management.
2025 April 16, Megan Garber, “The Show That Knew AI”, in The Atlantic: