"duckspeak" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: duck + speak, coined by George Orwell in 1949 as part of the Newspeak in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|duck|speak}} duck + speak, {{coin|en|George Orwell|in=1949|nocap=1}} coined by George Orwell in 1949 Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} duckspeak (uncountable)
  1. Thoughtless or formulaic speech. Wikipedia link: Nineteen Eighty-Four Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (thoughtless speech): ankkapuhe (Finnish), Quaksprech [neuter] (German), kacsabeszél (Hungarian), ocoparlare [neuter] (Italian), речекряк (rečekrjak) [masculine] (Russian), паткоговор (patkogovor) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

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