duckspeak

Definitions

Thoughtless or formulaic speech.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Because his utterances detour through his brain - rather than, as in duckspeak, coming straight from the well-programmed larynx - he has Socratic doubts...”

“I think⟳ you might just have⟳ had the courage to realize⟳ things I didn't know⟳ were there. That's really duckspeak, isn't it. I only thought I was happy.”

“They have⟳ developed a particularly obnoxious form⟳ of ungood duckspeak. 'Friendly fire' and 'collateral damage⟳' are only the most obvious examples...”

“To be sure, he provides very many juicy examples of such duckspeak or bullshit...”

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