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studentese

studentese noun: language characteristic or typical of a student.

Noun

studentese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
    • How often I've heard students huff, "You're never in!" which means, translated from studentese, "I stopped by your office a couple of times but you weren't in."1998 Fall, Paul Trout, "Deconstructing an Evaluation Form", in The Montana Professor, Vol. 8, No. 3

Origin of studentese

From student + -ese.

Questions about studentese

What does studentese mean?
Studentese means language characteristic or typical of a student.
What part of speech is studentese?
Studentese is a noun.

Words near studentese in the dictionary

  1. Student's t-test
  2. Student's t-tests
  3. Student's ts
  4. student-athlete
  5. student-athletes
  6. studentese
  7. studentess
  8. studentesses
  9. studenthood
  10. studential
  11. studentification

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