Microspeak

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proper noun

The computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. informalThe computer and business jargon associated with Microsoft.

    Welcome to the world of Microspeak — the unofficial language of Microsoft.

    2003, Steven Lattimore McShane, Mary Ann Young Von Glinow, Organizational behavior
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    Actually, preview, in Microspeak, is what blunter software companies call "beta" — meaning incomplete, buggy, and unsupported.

    2002, James Gleick, What just happened: a chronicle from the information frontier

    The browser buttons, shown in Figure 7-1, are simply links that you can place on the same toolbar that holds your most frequently used bookmarks (known as "favorites" in Microspeak).

    2004, Sarah Milstein, Rael Dornfest, Google: the missing manual, page 174

Origin

Blend of Microsoft + -speak.

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Cite this entry
APA

Microspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Microspeak

MLA

“Microspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Microspeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Microspeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Microspeak.

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