idiotese

English

Etymology

idiot + -ese

Pronunciation

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Noun

idiotese (uncountable)

  1. (slang, rare) A form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.
    • 2002, Cris Burks, SilkyDreamGirl: A Novel:
      He understood the workings of an idiot's mind and broke down scientific principles in idiotese.
    • 2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man:
      When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound. What Stony's mother—not my mother, not anymore, he reminded himself—had called “Village Idiotese.”
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