Etymology

chatspeak

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Today it means: The blend of informal language, conventional abbreviations and emoticons typical of chatrooms. Full definition →

English chat ← Middle English chateren
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The story

  1. Middle Englishcheteren, chiteren (Imitative)
  2. Middle Englishchateren
  3. Englishchatterclip.
  4. Englishchat
  5. English todaychatspeak

From chat + -speak.

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