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ludolect

ludolect noun: a lect (language variety) among players of a game, such as a physical or digital roleplaying game or any of many online video games.

Noun

ludolect (plural ludolects)

  1. A lect (language variety) among players of a game, such as a physical or digital roleplaying game or any of many online video games.
    • Meronym: gamer word
    • Clearly, there are subtle nuances between a highly technical jargon or 'tech-speak' (McGrath, 1998, p. 144) used by professional game developers and academic ludologists at one end of the spectrum, and general, popular discourse about games and gaming on the other. The former is an expert code...2017 [2012], Astrid Ensslin, “Words and meanings”, in The Language of Gaming, Palgrave Macmillan, page 66

Examples of ludolect in a sentence

  • In between the two sits what we may refer to as ‘ludolect’, or 'gamer slang'.2017 [2012], Astrid Ensslin, “Words and meanings”, in The Language of Gaming, Palgrave Macmillan, page 66:
  • A ludolect (Ensslin, 2012) refers to the language and communicative styles that emerge as a player plays and discusses games with a community of players.2022, Steve Wilcox, “Games, language, and persuasion”, in Jeanne Fahnestock, Randy Allen Harris, editors, The Routledge Handbook of...

Forms of ludolect

pluralludolects

Origin of ludolect

From ludo- + -lect.

Questions about ludolect

What does ludolect mean?
Ludolect means a lect (language variety) among players of a game, such as a physical or digital roleplaying game or any of many online video games.
How do you use ludolect in a sentence?
In between the two sits what we may refer to as ‘ludolect’, or 'gamer slang'.
What part of speech is ludolect?
Ludolect is a noun.
What is the plural of ludolect?
The plural of ludolect is ludolects.

Words near ludolect in the dictionary

  1. ludo-
  2. ludodiversity
  3. ludogical
  4. ludographies
  5. ludography
  6. ludolect
  7. ludolects
  8. Ludolf
  9. ludological
  10. ludologically
  11. ludologist

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