idiotese

English

Etymology

From idiot +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

idiotese (uncountable)

1. (slang, rare) A form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.
   • 2002, Cris Burks, SilkyDreamGirl: A Novel‎^[1]:

     He understood the workings of an idiot's mind and broke down scientific principles in idiotese.

   • 2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man‎^[2]:

     When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound. What Stony's mother—not my mother, not anymore, he reminded himself—had called “Village Idiotese.”