-speak

Probably originally from Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four.

• enPR: spēk′
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, India) IPA^(key): /-ˌspiːk/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ˌspik/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophone: speak
• Hyphenation: -speak

-speak (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

1. Indicates a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the root term.

   Synonym: -ese

   • 2026 January 26, Amy Hawkins, “Fate of China’s top general more likely to do with power struggle than corruption”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2026:

     But on Saturday, China’s defence ministry announced that Zhang and Liu Zhenli, another CMC member, were under investigation for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law”, party-speak for corruption.

• “speak”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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