avoidance speech

noun

Etymology

From avoidance + speech.

  1. derived from *spereg-
  2. inherited from *sprāku
  3. inherited from spǣċ
  4. inherited from speche
  5. compounded as avoidance speech — “avoidance + speech

Definitions

  1. a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects,…

    a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects, or as a sign of respect in the presence of certain people, while doing certain activities, following a death, etc., distinguished by a specialized lexicon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for avoidance speech. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA