"coolspeak" meaning in English

See coolspeak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: cool + -speak Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cool|speak}} cool + -speak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} coolspeak (uncountable)
  1. Language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Jargon

Download JSON data for coolspeak meaning in English (2.1kB)

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          "ref": "2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture, Broadway Books, page 102",
          "text": "The counterculture has become the lunch-counter culture. You can see this in ads that exhibit what one journalist has called \"group coolspeak.\" Consumers are bombarded with countercultural commandments: Just do it! Be yourself! Be bold! Think different! Never blend in! Do exactly as we tell you!",
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