codespeak

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noun

Coded language; jargon.

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Meanings

nouncodespeak (uncountable)
  1. uncountableCoded language; jargon.

    His rhetoric began to sound more mainstream, partly because conservative Republicans had made racial codespeak the lingua franca of current politics.

    2003, Lawrence N. Powell, Troubled Memory (page 5)

Origin

code + -speak

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Cite this entry
APA

codespeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codespeak

MLA

“codespeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codespeak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “codespeak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codespeak.

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