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Hawkespeak

English edit

Etymology edit

From Hawke +‎ -speak, first used c. 1983.

Noun edit

Hawkespeak (uncountable)

  1. (Australian politics, colloquial, derogatory) The type of convoluted and prolix spoken diction of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
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