mellowspeakn.
/ˈmɛləʊspiːk/, U.S. /ˈmɛloʊˌspik/ U.S. colloquial.
Language that is consciously vague, bland, and informal, often borrowing from the vocabulary of psychotherapy and New Age philosophy.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups
indenture Englisha1568
water language1702
jockeyism1802
slum1812
Polari1846
stable-language1856
scientificism1860
water-slang1860
Oxfordish1863
galley-slang1867
pitmatic1885
commercialese1910
legalese1911
academese1917
Hollywoodese1920
businessese1921
Hollywoodism1925
trade unionese1927
advertisingese1929
officese1935
sociologese1940
Whitehallese1940
Newspeak1949
patter1949
Pentagonese1950
educationese1958
computerese1960
managementese1961
spacespeak1963
computer-speak1968
techno-jargon1972
business-speak1973
Eurospeak1975
Euro-jargon1976
technospeak1976
doctorspeak1977
corporate-speak1978
medspeak1979
mellowspeak1979
technobabble1981
teenspeak1982
management-speak1986
codespeak1987
1979 G. B. Trudeau in Washington Post 14 May d13/1 ‘Well, it's really a great context for sharing energy!’ ‘Huh?’ ‘That's “mellow-speak”, Joanie. We've been studying Dr. Dan Asher's new book!’
1985 Computer Decisions 19 Nov. 64/2 Each of these has..an ‘upper’ or ‘downer’ effect. Translation of this..‘mellowspeak’: Some of the negative dependencies act as stimulants, others devitalize.
1989 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 June 9 The aging Chinese Communist leaders might listen in on Abdul-Jabbar's new mellow-speak.
1994 Newsweek (Nexis) 7 Nov. 52 He is California mellow-speak through and through. ‘Deion has a sense of place and time in his life... He has the great karma.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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