climate-speak
climate-speak noun: the jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change.
Noun
climate-speak (uncountable)
- The jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change.
- In global climate-speak, terms like 'scenario', 'impact', 'vulnerability', 'irreversible', 'mitigation', 'adaptation' and 'adaptive capacity' have become common currency, verbal coins sometimes so worn that they almost lose meaning, even though they carry sinister messages about the future of...2011, V. Berridge, M. Gorsky, Environment, Health and History, page 264
- This is another example where climate-speak removes itself from common parlance and common sense.2017, Paul Hawkin, Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, page vii
Forms of climate-speak
| alternative form | climatespeak |
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Origin of climate-speak
From climate + -speak.
Questions about climate-speak
- What does climate-speak mean?
- Climate-speak means the jargon used by climatologists and people talking about climate change.
- What part of speech is climate-speak?
- Climate-speak is a noun.
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