Definitions
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- suffix Indicates a manner of speech typical of or characterized by the root term.
Etymologies
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Likely from newspeak, coined by George Orwell in 1984.
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Examples
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Jargonauts a play on Argonauts and an example of the -nauts combiner used by Reaganauts like to use -speak as their combiner.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Jargonauts a play on Argonauts and an example of the -nauts combiner used by Reaganauts like to use -speak as their combiner.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Jargonauts a play on Argonauts and an example of the -nauts combiner used by Reaganauts like to use -speak as their combiner.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Jargonauts a play on Argonauts and an example of the -nauts combiner used by Reaganauts like to use -speak as their combiner.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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