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moonspeak

moonspeak noun: any foreign language deemed confusing by the speaker, especially Japanese or another East Asian language.

Noun

moonspeak (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang) Any foreign language deemed confusing by the speaker, especially Japanese or another East Asian language.

Forms of moonspeak

alternative formMoonspeak
alternative formmoon-speak

Origin of moonspeak

From moon + -speak; probably derived from the anime Turn A Gundam (1999–2000) where the inhabitants of the Moon, known as the Moonrace, have their own language, called Moonspeak by fans.

Questions about moonspeak

What does moonspeak mean?
Moonspeak means any foreign language deemed confusing by the speaker, especially Japanese or another East Asian language.
What part of speech is moonspeak?
Moonspeak is a noun.

Words near moonspeak in the dictionary

  1. moonsiffs
  2. moonsifs
  3. moonsighting
  4. moonsnail
  5. moonsnails
  6. moonspeak
  7. moonstomp
  8. moonstomps
  9. moonstone
  10. moonstones
  11. moonstricken

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moonspeak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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