English edit

Etymology edit

student +‎ -ese

Noun edit

studentese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
    • 1998 Fall, Paul Trout, "Deconstructing an Evaluation Form", in The Montana Professor, Vol. 8, No. 3,
      How often I've heard students huff, "You're never in!" which means, translated from studentese, "I stopped by your office a couple of times but you weren't in."