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What (who) is -speak - definition
ALBUM BY THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS
SPEAK!!!; Speak!!!
-speak
¦ combining form forming nouns denoting a manner of speaking, characteristic of a specified group: technospeak.
Origin
on the pattern of Newspeak.
-speak
-speak is used to form nouns which refer to the kind of language used by a particular person or by people involved in a particular activity. You use -speak when you disapprove of this kind of language because it is difficult for other people to understand.
Unfortunately, the simplicity of this message is almost lost within his constant management-speak.
COMB in N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
speak
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Speak (disambiguation); SPEAK; Speak (song); Speak (album); SPEAK (disambiguation); Speak (novel)
v.
1) ('to talk') to speak bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully
2) (D; intr.) ('to talk') to speak about, of (to speak about politics)
3) (d; intr.) to speak for ('to be a spokesperson for') (she spoke for all of us; who will speak for the accused?)
4) (d; intr.) ('to talk') to speak from (to speak from the heart; to speak from experience)
5) (d; intr.) ('to converse') to speak in (they were speaking in English; more usu. is: they were speaking English)
6) (d; intr.) to speak to ('to address') (she spoke to the crowd; to speak to the subject; to speak to the question on the agenda; don't speak to him)
7) (D; intr.) ('to converse') to speak to, with (she spoke to me about several things; I spoke with them for an hour)
8) (misc.) to speak well of smb. ('to praise smb.'); to speak ill of smb. ('to criticize smb.'); it speaks for itself ('it is self-evident'); roughly speaking ('approximately'); strictly speak ('in concrete terms')
Wikipedia
Speak!!!!
Speak!!!! is the third album from The Mad Capsule Markets. The album was recorded in England. Two songs were featured from the original Berrie recording. The album displayed a more experimental and darker side to their music, evident in the closing song "Kachiku". It was also their first album to have a full English song ("Solid State Survivor", originally by YMO).
Examples of use of -speak
1. "I can‘t speak Arabic, and he can‘t speak English.
2. He couldn‘t speak English and I couldn‘t speak German.
3. When they speak in the Commons they speak the truth.
4. "It‘s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German," he had said.
5. "In many educational frameworks immigrant kids are told: Don‘t speak Amharic, don‘t speak Russian.