Meanings
- humorousuncountableWomen's way of speaking.
He'd known ahead of time that walking into the house with three Sinclair women would be a test of his sanity, because they all talked at the same time, not just in double questions but in womanese.
2002, Jennifer Greene, The Woman Most Likely To—, page 1551 more example
We agree with Mr. Stengel that it is because the Ladies' Home Journal understands women — and talks to them in womanese — that more women buy and read the Journal than any other magazine on earth.
1957, Advertising Agency Magazine, volume 50, numbers 14-26, page 1
Origin
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womanese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanese
“womanese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanese. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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