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In some senses, autospeak is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
autospeak
noun 2
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3VERB + AUTOSPEAK
winds
AUTOSPEAK + NOUN
people
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out
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noun
1
Thoughtless, automatic speech.
If management is not quite as routinised as teaching, it still involves quite a lot of autospeak when what people say follows familiar pathways.
noun
1
The jargon associated with motor vehicles.
Honk, which was autospeak for `Get out of my way'.
WHAT you call the Kia Rondo depends on how far you bend to the fickle winds of autospeak.
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If management is not quite as routinised as teaching, it still involves quite a lot of autospeak when what people say follows familiar pathways.
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Honk, which was autospeak for `Get out of my way'.
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WHAT you call the Kia Rondo depends on how far you bend to the fickle winds of autospeak.
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