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edu-babble

edu-babble noun: jargon on educational topics; writing or speech containing a large amount of education jargon.

Noun

edu-babble (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Jargon on educational topics; writing or speech containing a large amount of education jargon.
    • Already notorious for edubabble, officials may have hit new depths with a four-page progress report used by the St. Louis public schools.1992 November 17, “Schoolspeak”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    • Overwhelmed teachers yearn to escape the edu-babble of conflicting and unworkable policy directives1998, Andy Hargreaves, International Handbook of Educational Change, page 412

Forms of edu-babble

alternative formedubabble

Origin of edu-babble

Blend of education + babble, equivalent to edu + babble.

Questions about edu-babble

What does edu-babble mean?
Edu-babble means jargon on educational topics; writing or speech containing a large amount of education jargon.
What part of speech is edu-babble?
Edu-babble is a noun.

Words near edu-babble in the dictionary

  1. edtechs
  2. EDTs
  3. EDTV
  4. edtwt
  5. edu
  6. edu-babble
  7. Eduard
  8. Eduardo
  9. edubabble
  10. edubba
  11. edubbas

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