womanspeak

English

Alternative forms
  • woman-speak

Etymology

woman +‎ -speak

Noun

womanspeak (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory or humorous) Communication by women viewed as nagging, critical, or shallow.
    • 2012, Barry Cooper, Stopping the Epidemic of Divorce: Practical Steps to Stop Divorce in Its Tracks, unnumbered page:
      Women often punish men without even knowing it. For example, a woman may say, "This trash fills up quickly." This is woman-speak for, "Get up right now and take out the trash."
    • 2012, James L. Rubart, Soul's Gate, unnumbered page:
      "Come on, are you kidding me? Really?"
      Brandon patted his chest, then the front pockets of his jeans. "Oh no. It looks like I forgot my woman-speak code breaker at home, so do you mind helping me out with a little translation on what I'm missing?"
    • 2014, Raymond D. Petty, Thug Love: Why Women Are Attracted to Bad Boys, page 95:
      It was clear that this was womanspeak and that they were familiar with this term because there wasn't the customary smiles and laughs that usually follow such novel-type statements.

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