wooden language
Speech or writing that is overly abstract, vague, metaphorical or pretentious in order…Speech or writing that is overly abstract, vague, metaphorical or pretentious in order to avoid addressing salient issues.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, informal, uncountable)Speech or writing that is overly abstract, vague, metaphorical or pretentious in order to avoid addressing salient issues.
Betonsprache, Holzsprache
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
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Origin
Calque of French langue de bois.Calque of French langue de bois.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable