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idiotese

idiotese noun: a form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.

Noun

idiotese (uncountable)

  1. (rare, slang) A form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.
    • He understood the workings of an idiot's mind and broke down scientific principles in idiotese.2002, Cris Burks, SilkyDreamGirl: A Novel
    • When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound. What Stony's mother—not my mother, not anymore, he reminded himself—had called “Village Idiotese.”2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man

Origin of idiotese

From idiot + -ese.

Questions about idiotese

What does idiotese mean?
Idiotese means a form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.
What part of speech is idiotese?
Idiotese is a noun.

Words near idiotese in the dictionary

  1. idiotas
  2. idiotcies
  3. idiotcy
  4. idioted
  5. idiotery
  6. idiotese
  7. idiotfest
  8. idiotfests
  9. idiothermic
  10. idiothetic
  11. idiotic

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