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Microspeak

Microspeak proper noun: the computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.

Proper noun

Microspeak

  1. (informal) The computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.
    • Actually, preview, in Microspeak, is what blunter software companies call "beta" — meaning incomplete, buggy, and unsupported.2002, James Gleick, What just happened: a chronicle from the information frontier
    • Welcome to the world of Microspeak — the unofficial language of Microsoft.2003, Steven Lattimore McShane, Mary Ann Young Von Glinow, Organizational behavior

Origin of Microspeak

Blend of Microsoft + -speak.

Questions about Microspeak

What does Microspeak mean?
Microspeak means the computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.
What part of speech is Microspeak?
Microspeak is a proper noun.

Words near Microspeak in the dictionary

  1. microspathodontines
  2. microspatial
  3. microspatiality
  4. microspatula
  5. microspatulas
  6. Microspeak
  7. microspeciation
  8. microspecies
  9. microspeckle
  10. microspeckles
  11. microspectral

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