"youthspeak" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From youth + -speak. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|youth|speak}} youth + -speak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} youthspeak (uncountable)
  1. The style of language used by young people, incorporating modern slang etc. Tags: uncountable Related terms: yoofspeak
    Sense id: en-youthspeak-en-noun-ptlS-yij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -speak, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "2022 October 11, Stephanie Eisler Vance, “When Facebook Actually Broke My Brain”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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