Chatspeak

Quick meaning: Chatspeak is a noun meaning (Internet, informal) The blend of informal language, conventional abbreviations and emoticons typical of chatrooms.

Meaning

(Internet, informal) The blend of informal language, conventional abbreviations and emoticons typical of chatrooms.

Example Sentences

Our students are using Internet shorthand or chatspeak in their online yakking in chat rooms and e-mails.

Is it too much to imagine a Bible written entirely in the language of tomorrow: Internet chatspeak and text message shorthand?

Given that people are trying to speak by writing in real time, chatspeak is infused with extensive abbreviations and there is little punctuation.

I don't mind saying 'u' instead of 'you' so much, mostly because I've become numb to it, and some people do it because it's 'cool' to speak chatspeak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyberspeak, chatter, chanspeak, chat, netspeak, cyberchat.

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