preacherese
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preacherese (uncountable)
- preacherlike diction or terminology.
- 1976 April 26, Duncan Mitchel, “Boys and Girls Together”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
- Block's tone in different passages runs the gamut from the most cloying, self-helpish pep talk to revival-tent preacherese, but is characterized throughout by intellectual murkiness and psychological jargon that will leave many a parent completely confused about what Dr. Block is talking about.