youthspeak

English

Etymology

youth +‎ -speak

Noun

youthspeak (uncountable)

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