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- informaluncountableTechnical or technological jargon.
More to the point: In Hollywood techspeak, a “gobo” (one b) is a small disc placed directly between a key light and the actor being illuminated, so as to diffuse the glare.
2009 May 10, “You Say Gobo, I Say”, in New York Times1 more example
Affectionate AI, trading the paternalism of typical techspeak for a softer—or, to put it bluntly, more feminine—framing, is pretty transparent as a branding play: It is an act of anxiety management.
2025 April 16, Megan Garber, “The Show That Knew AI”, in The Atlantic
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techspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techspeak
“techspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techspeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “techspeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techspeak.
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