Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birtspeak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: birt-s-peak
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

impenetrable jargon

Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

From Birt + -speak, after John Birt, Director-General of the BBC from 1992 to 2000.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Birt

Usage

Questions

What does birtspeak mean?: impenetrable jargon
Where does birtspeak come from?: From Birt + -speak, after John Birt, Director-General of the BBC from 1992 to 2000.

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