techspeak

English

Etymology

From tech +‎ -speak.

Noun

techspeak (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Technical or technological jargon.
    • 2009 May 10, “You Say Gobo, I Say”, in The New York Times Book Review‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:
      More to the point: In Hollywood techspeak, a “gobo” (one b) is a small disc placed directly between a key light and the actor being illuminated, so as to diffuse the glare.
    • 2025 April 16, Megan Garber, “The Show That Knew AI”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic‎[2], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 May 2026:
      Affectionate AI, trading the paternalism of typical techspeak for a softer—or, to put it bluntly, more feminine—framing, is pretty transparent as a branding play: It is an act of anxiety management.

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