therapy-speak

noun
/ˈθɛɹəpi spik/US

Etymology

From therapy + -speak.

  1. derived from θεραπεία
  2. borrowed from therapīa
  3. suffixed as therapy-speak — “therapy + speak

Definitions

  1. The employment of psychologic jargon to converse with other people.

    • We recommend that authors and reviewers carefully consider whether manuscript quality is enhanced by the use of therapy-speak.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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