English Explanatory Dictionary

netspeak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An informal form of written language used on the Internet, characterized by abbreviations and emoticons.

Word forms

netspeak

Etymology

From net + -speak, coined by British linguist David Crystal in 2001 who originally wrote it capitalized as "Netspeak".

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