Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

usenetspeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: usenet-s-peak
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The special slang used within the Usenet community.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

">(And "she/he/it" (or "s/he/it") is even worse... That one always comes out >as "excrement" in Hillbillyspeak...) And even UsenetSpeak."
"Dave's apology IMHO was what make "Chuckletrousers" funny - before the apology, I just read over "Chuckletrousers" and went "Hm, Dave sure has picked up Usenetspeak in a hurry"."
"Whine away in Usenetspeak, you anonymous elitist."
"If yer think that's bad you should see some of the Usenetspeak that's used by allegedly trendy Herns on some groups. Prolly and Praps to name butt two. I use a prolly when it's brissing down - which can be quite painfull at my age!"

Etymology

From Usenet + -speak.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

Usenetism

Questions

What does usenetspeak mean?: The special slang used within the Usenet community.
Where does usenetspeak come from?: From Usenet + -speak.

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