academese
English
Etymology
From academe + -ese (“language of”)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ə.kæ.dəˈmiːz/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ə.kæ.dəˈmiz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
academese (uncountable)
- (derogatory) A formal or artificial form of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education.
- Coordinate term: journalese
- 2002, Lory Janelle Dance, Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling, Psychology Press (→ISBN), page 51:
- Sometimes during intellectual conversation, I would switch from academese to my native black English vernacular. I would utter observations replete with black linguistic idioms and colloquialisms.
- 2016, Anastacia Kurylo, Tatyana Dumova, Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age, Rowman & Littlefield (→ISBN), page 76:
- One way this is communicated is through language use wherein the language of the researcher is often verbose and philosophically or methodologically inaccessible to the nonacademic, also known as academese […]
Translations
artificial form of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education
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