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youthspeak en · NOUN

Etymology

From youth + -speak.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The style of language used by young people, incorporating modern slang etc.
    • 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. 2022 October 11, Stephanie Eisler Vance, “When Facebook Actually Broke My Brain”, in The New York Times:

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