youthspeak

English

Etymology

youth +‎ -speak

Noun

youthspeak (uncountable)

1. The style of language used by young people, incorporating modern slang etc.
   • 2022 October 11, Stephanie Eisler Vance, “When Facebook Actually Broke My Brain”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     It was, to my surprise and dismay, months and months of quotes and quips I had read since the inception of the Facebook News Feed, now bubbling up from my subconscious in an inscrutable cacophony of youthspeak.

Related terms

• yoofspeak