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Broadwayese

Broadwayese noun: the style of language associated with Broadway theatre: either industry jargon or the slang spoken by characters in the plays.

Noun

Broadwayese (uncountable)

  1. The style of language associated with Broadway theatre: either industry jargon or the slang spoken by characters in the plays.

Origin of Broadwayese

From Broadway + -ese.

Questions about Broadwayese

What does Broadwayese mean?
Broadwayese means the style of language associated with Broadway theatre: either industry jargon or the slang spoken by characters in the plays.
What part of speech is Broadwayese?
Broadwayese is a noun.

Words near Broadwayese in the dictionary

  1. Broadwater County
  2. Broadwaters
  3. broadway
  4. Broadway flat
  5. Broadway flats
  6. Broadwayese
  7. Broadwayish
  8. Broadwayite
  9. Broadwayites
  10. broadways
  11. Broadwell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Broadwayese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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