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Although, according to recent surveys, they know an average of 40,000 words, they tend to favour a 'teenspeak' used in text messages, on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace and in internet chat rooms like MSN.
Archive 2010-01-10 Bill Crider 2010
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They are avoiding using a broad vocabulary and complex words in favour of the abbreviated "teenspeak" of text messages, social networking sites and internet chat rooms.
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They are avoiding using a broad vocabulary and complex words in favour of the abbreviated "teenspeak" of text messages, social networking sites and internet chat rooms.
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The limited linguistic range also consists of many made up words and 'teenspeak' which has developed through modern communication methods such as text messaging and social networking sites.
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Because, to put it in teenspeak, "that app is mad cool."
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Because, to put it in teenspeak, "that app is mad cool."
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However, many times PJ's teenspeak seems contrived.
Goblins!: An UnderEarth Adventure by Royce Buckingham Tarie 2009
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One of the odd things I've noticed about teenspeak OK, tell me what ISN'T odd about teenspeak, is the tendency to put the word 'as' at the end of a descriptive statement.
language evolution in progress mikandra 2009
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However, many times PJ's teenspeak seems contrived.
Archive 2009-08-01 Tarie 2009
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Admittedly I grew up in the UK, but really - even in the States, I'm sure the teenspeak-slang isn't that zingy and smart IMHO, the dialogue in Beavis and Butthead rang a whole lot truer than the dialogue in Clueless.
40 Questions... juliette 2008
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