The term "speak potable" originates from the Italian peninsula; it is a coined expression to convey the need for a more fluid and understandable conversation, akin to potable water. If someone "speaks potable," it means they are proficient in expressing themselves well in the language.
Example 1:
Rizu: "I'm preparing a presentation for tomorrow's meeting."
Slurp: "Make sure to speak potable; we need to be clear with all the details."
Example 2:
Slurp: "I overheard their discussion, but they didn't seem to speak potable at all."
Rizu: "It's important to communicate clearly, especially in important conversations."
Rizu: "I'm preparing a presentation for tomorrow's meeting."
Slurp: "Make sure to speak potable; we need to be clear with all the details."
Example 2:
Slurp: "I overheard their discussion, but they didn't seem to speak potable at all."
Rizu: "It's important to communicate clearly, especially in important conversations."
by Slurpish December 20, 2023
Get the speak potablemug. When you read/see a Shakespeare play (or any other old literature) and start to talk like the characters (i.e. vocabulary, mannerisms, rhythm, rhyme, iambic pentameter, etc.) on a regular basis.
Guy 1: She doth teach the torches to burn bright!
Guy 2: Dude... what!?
Guy 1: I said that chicks hot, man!
Guy 2: Oh, what was all that you were saying?
Guy 1: Sorry, dude. I've been speaking Shakespeare ever since we read Romeo and Juliet in class last week.
Guy 2: Dude... what!?
Guy 1: I said that chicks hot, man!
Guy 2: Oh, what was all that you were saying?
Guy 1: Sorry, dude. I've been speaking Shakespeare ever since we read Romeo and Juliet in class last week.
by JudeMer April 28, 2009
Get the speaking shakespearemug. by ayehatechu August 15, 2024
Get the Perma Speakmug. Tweak Speak: "Do you think my life is Fucked Off? Well, It aint cause - Jack Nicholson - at the end of, "The Shining", Yeah that was fucked off.
by anonymous November 25, 2021
Get the tweak speakmug. Nonsensical terms created by Starbucks for branding purposes; often words misappropriated from other languages. E.g., Grande/Tall/Venti, Chai Latte, Vivanno, Hand-crafted Beverage, Latte; barista
Someone held up the line by refusing to use Starbby-speak; she confused the barista by ordering a "small" coffee.
by Tigrotina July 20, 2009
Get the Starbby-speakmug. Literary genre. Characterized by heated arguments occurring between people. Strictly non-violent. Objects may be damaged, but the oral combatants do not directly physically injure each other on purpose under any circumstances. The arguments are the defining characteristic of this genre. It is called Speak.
"Ping Wins invented the litereary genre known as Speak, in which the arguments between different parties are the centerpiece of the literature, in the same way that sex is the feature of erotica, or battles are the feature of the action genre."
~Ping Wins January 6, 2020
~Ping Wins January 6, 2020
by Ping Wins February 5, 2020
Get the Speakmug. When some kind of French doesnt know how to speak in english and speaks their native language, it's speaking "omellete".
by Kateuka April 21, 2017
Get the omellete speakmug.