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netspeak

Making a typo on purpose or else ignoring the rules of grammar and spelling completely
Person A) U R teh best man!
Person B) Don't you mean "YOU ARE THE best, man"?
Person A) That's what I just SAID. DUH.
by Cassidy Peterson January 20, 2004
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netspeak

the art of communication over electronic networks, cyberspace, such as the internet(s) in which the communicator(s) keyboardist(s) believes/believe that she/he/they are speaking in real time to at least one other human in a one on one conversation.
I netspeak, on occasion, with well known people such as Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg and the great mushroom in the sky.
by James Anderson Hall November 11, 2006
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newsspeak

1. n. Confusing and meaningless diction used by the media to mitigate the appearance of problems.

2. n. Contrary manner of speaking which can generally be understood by negating the apparent meaning of a statement.

This word is closely related to the word spin but differs in that newsspeak can refer specifically to the term used by the media. The word newsspeak is a play on the word newspeak, the fictional language in George Orwell's 1984 designed to prevent people from understanding how the world works.
1. Explanation of usage:
"Did you hear the latest newsspeak from the Fed? Dual Mandate Objective... it's the Fed's two-goal policy of both creating jobs, which means lending money at low interest rates, and keeping the dollar strong, which means lending money at high interest rates—obviously conflicting objectives—which allows the Fed to engage in massive, economy-crushing bailouts and other such activities of dubious moral propriety."

2. Explanation of usage:
"This newsspeak is really confusing! The media are saying the economy is turning around, but stock market dropped 1000 points this week."

Explanation of concept:
The concept of newsspeak is best explained by example:

What news ticker says: "President Obama says 10,000 troops to be withdrawn from Iraq this month."

What news ticker means: President Obama will withdraw 10,000 troops from Iraq and send 30,000 more to Afghanistan.
by aglifter June 19, 2012
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Nerd-Speak

The unique language used by professionals within the IT community. Often this language consists of a cluster of abbreviations and unnecessary overly technical wording.
Office worker 1: IT have reported suspicious activity from a VNC user within the IPEC Server.

Office worker 2: What? Thats just Nerd-Speak man, its just someone downloading porn again.
by Spikeyballs June 4, 2007
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newspeak

A way for elected politicians to mask the fact that they have no idea what they're doing.
by kilgore trout December 6, 2003
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Nerdspam

Adjective. To spam the hell out of something with nerdy content.
Phillis just nerdspammed the hell out of my homepage with Lolcats!
by electrove December 15, 2010
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Nerdspreading

Stating the obvious, but first so as to sound clever to others
"Stop nerdspreading Linus, we all know what natural log is."
by kenturamon November 7, 2019
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