What does hyperformal mean?
Hyperformal means Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake..
Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]
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Hyperformal means Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake..
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Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]
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