baby talk
noun
1
a
: the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children
b
: the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
2
: oversimplified speech or writing
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Keep things simple but avoid using too much baby talk.
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Alex Vance, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
Interpretation isn’t baby talk but, rather, works for all audiences except children, theology professors, lapsed Mormons, and resolute cynics.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
Listen to Barker on One Life One Chance with Toby Morse below (baby talk comes at 1:16:09 mark).
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
His mother, Veronica Farrish, refused to let family members use baby talk with him.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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Alex Vance, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
Interpretation isn’t baby talk but, rather, works for all audiences except children, theology professors, lapsed Mormons, and resolute cynics.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
Listen to Barker on One Life One Chance with Toby Morse below (baby talk comes at 1:16:09 mark).
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
His mother, Veronica Farrish, refused to let family members use baby talk with him.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Baby talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20talk. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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