teacherese

noun

teacherese

noun

Etymology From teacher + -ese.

1

Humorous, Sometimes The sort of language spoken by teachers.

  • 'Troubled', the headmaster had said, presumably teacherese for the same thing.1995, Anabel Donald, In at the Deep End:
  • This latter was a nice teacherese way of saying that Alex was hopelessly uncoordinated. It took her forever to learn to put on her underpants […]1997, Frank Deford, Alex: the life of a child:

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