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coolspeak

coolspeak noun: language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be.

Noun

coolspeak (uncountable)

  1. Language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be.
    • The counterculture has become the lunch-counter culture. You can see this in ads that exhibit what one journalist has called "group coolspeak." Consumers are bombarded with countercultural commandments: Just do it! Be yourself! Be bold! Think different! Never blend in! Do exactly as we tell you!2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 102
    • Novelist Chuck Palahniuk's fans have crowned him a prince of edge for a style that is, according to one reviewer, “equal parts potent imagery, nihilistic coolspeak, and doped-out craziness.”2007, Arthur Plotnik, Sound & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style, Random House, →ISBN

Origin of coolspeak

From cool + -speak.

Questions about coolspeak

What does coolspeak mean?
Coolspeak means language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be.
What part of speech is coolspeak?
Coolspeak is a noun.

Words near coolspeak in the dictionary

  1. cools one's jets
  2. cools out
  3. coolship
  4. coolships
  5. coolsome
  6. coolspeak
  7. coolth
  8. coolths
  9. Coolumbooka
  10. coolung
  11. coolungs

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