diplo-speak

English

Noun

diplo-speak (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of diplospeak
    • 2013, Jody Williams, My Name Is Jody Williams:
      Nor was I particularly interested in learning diplo-speak.
    • 2014, Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz, Under Fire:
      An embassy is where meetings are conducted in the polite foreign language known as “diplo-speak”; direct language, “real-speak,” is never used.
    • 2016, Reese Erlich, Stephen Kinzer, Dateline Havana:
      It was standard diplo-speak, but it enraged Miami's ultrarightists.
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