teenspeak en · NOUN
Etymology
From teen + -speak.
Meanings
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(derogatory, humorous, uncountable) Communication by adolescents viewed as slangy, awkward, or immature.
Real teenspeak is a mess of ums, likes, you knows, tangents and runaway trains of thought that, when transcribed onto paper, are pretty much impenetrable.
2011, Deborah Halverson, M. T. Anderson, Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies, page 175:"Righteous" and "dude" were part of teenspeak at the time, and had already been immortalized by another clueless adult, Grace, the Wite-Out sniffing secretary (Edie McClurg) speaking of the hero in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
2011, John Ross Bowie, Heathers, page 51:[…] "Nice to meet you, Mr. Tomasi. Thank you for the party tonight. That's just sick." "Sick means good in teenspeak," Audrey translated, before demanding, "What party?"
2013, Lucy Monroe, Million Dollar Christmas Proposal, page 107: