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Meaning of duckspeak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Thoughtless or formulaic speech.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Quaksprech
Italiano ocoparlare
Русский речекряк

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...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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