Meaning of teenspeak | Babel Free

Definitions

Communication by adolescents viewed as slangy, awkward, or immature.

derogatory, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“"Righteous" and "dude" were part of teenspeak at the time, and had already been immortalized by another clueless adult, Grace, the Wite-Out sniffing secretary (Edie McClurg) speaking of the hero in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.”

“Real teenspeak is a mess of ums, likes, you knows, tangents and runaway trains of thought that, when transcribed onto paper, are pretty much impenetrable.”

“[…] "Nice to meet you, Mr. Tomasi. Thank you for the party tonight. That's just sick." "Sick means good in teenspeak," Audrey translated, before demanding, "What party?"”

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