Hawkespeak

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hawke +‎ -speak, first used c. 1983.

Noun[edit]

Hawkespeak (uncountable)

  1. (Australian politics, colloquial, derogatory) The type of convoluted and prolix spoken diction of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
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