coolspeak

coolspeak

English

Etymology

cool +‎ -speak

Noun

coolspeak (uncountable)

1. Language that is trendy and cool, or aims to be.
   • 2004, Paul McFedries, Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture, Broadway Books (2004), →ISBN, page 102:

     The counterculture has become the lunch-counter culture. You can see this in ads that exhibit what one journalist has called "group coolspeak." Consumers are bombarded with countercultural commandments: Just do it! Be yourself! Be bold! Think different! Never blend in! Do exactly as we tell you!

   • 2007, Arthur Plotnik, Sound & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style, Random House (2007), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Novelist Chuck Palahniuk's fans have crowned him a prince of edge for a style that is, according to one reviewer, “equal parts potent imagery, nihilistic coolspeak, and doped-out craziness.”

   • 2008, Youth, Identity, and Digital Media (ed. David Buckingham), MIT Press (2008), →ISBN, page 29:

     These messages are written in a creative blend of coolspeak and text message language.