womanese

English

Etymology

woman +‎ -ese

Noun

womanese (uncountable)

1. (humorous) Women's way of speaking.
   • 1957, Advertising Agency Magazine, volume 50, numbers 14-26, page 1:

     We agree with Mr. Stengel that it is because the Ladies' Home Journal understands women — and talks to them in womanese — that more women buy and read the Journal than any other magazine on earth.

   • 2002, Jennifer Greene, The Woman Most Likely To—, page 155:

     He'd known ahead of time that walking into the house with three Sinclair women would be a test of his sanity, because they all talked at the same time, not just in double questions but in womanese.