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Formulaic vs Duckspeak - What's the difference?

formulaic | duckspeak |

As an adjective formulaic

is closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original.

As a noun duckspeak is

thoughtless or formulaic speech.

formulaic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Closely following a formula or predictable pattern; imitative, not original.
    • That TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.

    Derived terms

    * formulaically

    Related terms

    * formula

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    duckspeak

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Thoughtless or formulaic speech.
  • * 1989 , Richard Rorty, Contingency, irony, and solidarity
    • Because his utterances detour through his brain - rather than, as in duckspeak , coming straight from the well-programmed larynx - he has Socratic doubts...
  • * 2004 , Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, Club Fantasy
    • I think you might just have had the courage to realize things I didn't know were there. That's really duckspeak , isn't it. I only thought I was happy.
  • * 2006 , Stephen Ingle, The social and political thought of George Orwell
    • They have developed a particularly obnoxious form of ungood duckspeak . 'Friendly fire' and 'collateral damage' are only the most obvious examples...
  • * 2008 , Richard J Alexander, Framing Discourse on the Environment: A Critical Discourse Approach
    • To be sure, he provides very many juicy examples of such duckspeak or bullshit...