Etymology

Yodaspeak

Yo·da·speak
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Today it means: A form of speaking in which word order is altered to sound bizarre or unnatural. Full definition →

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The story

From Yoda + -speak (suffix denoting a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the word to which it is attached), alluding to the somewhat grammatically reversed speech style of Yoda, a character in the Star Wars franchise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.