upspeakn.

Brit.

/ˈʌpspiːk/, U.S.

/ˈəpˌspik/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: up- prefix, speak n.

Etymology: < up- prefix + speak n. With sense 1 compare also -speak suffix. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier upspeak v. Additions and also uptalk n. 2.

1. The use of political rhetoric emphasizing positive but trivial statements.Apparently an isolated use.

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1971 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. e17/2 To this point the ‘upspeak’ had gone beautifully.

2. Linguistics. = uptalk n. 2.

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1994 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 18 Nov. a4/3 Linguists say the Yanks are using more ‘uptalk’ or ‘upspeak’—a pattern defined as using a rising intonation so that ordinary straight sentences sound a bit like questions.

1997 Eng. Today July 33/2 If it is the case that Australian soap operas have played a part in the initiation of upspeak in British English, it is because British youngsters have viewed characters in the programmes using the equivalent of upspeak in Australian English.

2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 123/2 ‘Every year I keep identifying more and more with Oscar the Grouch and the whole galaxy of grouchy characters?’ says Douglas Coupland in his pleasing brand of Canadian up-speak.

2007 P. Gale Notes from Exhib. (2008) 278 Antony suggested upspeak was a symptom of moral relativism in the young.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

upspeakv.

Etymology: up- prefix 3a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈspeak.

intransitive. To speak up; to begin to speak.

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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak

upbreakc1275

to set spell on enda1300

gina1333

to take up (one's) parablea1382

braidc1400

to take up the word1477

begin1563

exordiate1594

to speak upa1723

to lug out1787

to speak out1792

upspeak1827

exordize1887

shoot1915

open1926

to come in1949

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 103 Let him up-speik as best he may.

a1842 W. Maginn Homeric Ballads (1850) 251 They all agreed, and then upspoke the chief of many a wile.

1888 R. Buchanan City of Dream vii. 130 But soon the host upspake, and sought to spread A feeble cheer.

Draft additions September 2016

intransitive. Linguistics. To use a style of speech in which declarative sentences are uttered with rising intonation at the end, a type of intonation more typically associated with questions. Cf. upspeak n. 2.

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1993 Chicago Tribune 28 Nov. vi. 7/3 There's this linguist? Cynthia McLemore? Who studied female students at the University of Texas? Who up-speak a lot? And she found out, empirically, that up-talk may very well serve a useful purpose.

1998 R. B. Ross & S. L. Faulkner in K. S. Sitaram & M. H. Prosser Civic Disc. I. xviii. 257 Women who upspeak (end sentences with rising intonation), use tag questions.., hedges, and qualifiers are often viewed as less credible than men who use them.

2014 GQ (Electronic ed.) May The fact is, men are now upspeaking, too.

Draft additions June 2017

ˈupspeaking n. Linguistics the action or habit of uttering declarative statements with a rising intonation at the end (a speech pattern more typically associated with questions); cf. uptalk n. 2, uptalking n. at uptalk v. Derivatives.

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2000 Guardian 27 Dec. 2/4 The Penguin list..contains one word—‘Upspeaking’—which is thought to be the dictionary world's first recognition of a new speech habit which has swept the world in little over 20 years since it began in a valley in California.

2014 Spectator (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 Upspeaking tells the listener that you don't really believe in yourself or in what you are saying—and that you badly seek approval.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	upspeak
释义	upspeakn. Brit. /ˈʌpspiːk/, U.S. /ˈəpˌspik/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: up- prefix, speak n. Etymology: < up- prefix + speak n. With sense 1 compare also -speak suffix. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier upspeak v. Additions and also uptalk n. 2. 1. The use of political rhetoric emphasizing positive but trivial statements.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1971 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. e17/2 To this point the ‘upspeak’ had gone beautifully. 2. Linguistics. = uptalk n. 2. ΚΠ 1994 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 18 Nov. a4/3 Linguists say the Yanks are using more ‘uptalk’ or ‘upspeak’—a pattern defined as using a rising intonation so that ordinary straight sentences sound a bit like questions. 1997 Eng. Today July 33/2 If it is the case that Australian soap operas have played a part in the initiation of upspeak in British English, it is because British youngsters have viewed characters in the programmes using the equivalent of upspeak in Australian English. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 123/2 ‘Every year I keep identifying more and more with Oscar the Grouch and the whole galaxy of grouchy characters?’ says Douglas Coupland in his pleasing brand of Canadian up-speak. 2007 P. Gale Notes from Exhib. (2008) 278 Antony suggested upspeak was a symptom of moral relativism in the young. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). upspeakv. Etymology: up- prefix 3a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈspeak. intransitive. To speak up; to begin to speak. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak upbreakc1275 to set spell on enda1300 gina1333 to take up (one's) parablea1382 braidc1400 to take up the word1477 begin1563 exordiate1594 to speak upa1723 to lug out1787 to speak out1792 upspeak1827 exordize1887 shoot1915 open1926 to come in1949 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 103 Let him up-speik as best he may. a1842 W. Maginn Homeric Ballads (1850) 251 They all agreed, and then upspoke the chief of many a wile. 1888 R. Buchanan City of Dream vii. 130 But soon the host upspake, and sought to spread A feeble cheer. Draft additions September 2016 intransitive. Linguistics. To use a style of speech in which declarative sentences are uttered with rising intonation at the end, a type of intonation more typically associated with questions. Cf. upspeak n. 2. ΚΠ 1993 Chicago Tribune 28 Nov. vi. 7/3 There's this linguist? Cynthia McLemore? Who studied female students at the University of Texas? Who up-speak a lot? And she found out, empirically, that up-talk may very well serve a useful purpose. 1998 R. B. Ross & S. L. Faulkner in K. S. Sitaram & M. H. Prosser Civic Disc. I. xviii. 257 Women who upspeak (end sentences with rising intonation), use tag questions.., hedges, and qualifiers are often viewed as less credible than men who use them. 2014 GQ (Electronic ed.) May The fact is, men are now upspeaking, too. Draft additions June 2017 ˈupspeaking n. Linguistics the action or habit of uttering declarative statements with a rising intonation at the end (a speech pattern more typically associated with questions); cf. uptalk n. 2, uptalking n. at uptalk v. Derivatives. ΚΠ 2000 Guardian 27 Dec. 2/4 The Penguin list..contains one word—‘Upspeaking’—which is thought to be the dictionary world's first recognition of a new speech habit which has swept the world in little over 20 years since it began in a valley in California. 2014 Spectator (Nexis) 15 Feb. 24 Upspeaking tells the listener that you don't really believe in yourself or in what you are saying—and that you badly seek approval. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1971v.1827
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