What does studentese mean?
Studentese means (informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
Studentese
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Studentese is a noun meaning (informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
Meaning
(informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
Example Sentences
1998 Fall, Paul Trout, "Deconstructing an Evaluation Form", in The Montana Professor, Vol. 8, No. 3, How often I've heard students huff, "You're never in!" which means, translated from studentese, "I stopped by your office a couple of times but you weren't in."
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Related dictionary entries include jargon, register, variety, code, student number, standard.
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How do you use studentese in a sentence?
1998 Fall, Paul Trout, "Deconstructing an Evaluation Form", in The Montana Professor, Vol. 8, No. 3, How often I've heard students huff, "You're never in!" which means, translated from studentese, "I stopped by your office a couple of times but you weren't in."
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