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Cosmospeak
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English
Etymology
From en Cosmo speak.
Noun
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The characteristic jargon and copy style of Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan magazine.
en Stephanie Harrington Ms. versus Cosmo https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/11/archives/two-faces-of-ms-versus-cosmo.html The New York Times 11 August 1974 Cosmopolitan, the magazine that goes on and on asking women in italicized Cosmospeak: “Don't you just love loving men, and don't you feel just miserable when you don't have a man to love, and wouldn't you love to learn how to love them better, and without fear or guilt and—best of all—to get the right one to love you?” https://web.archive.org/web/20221208095912/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/11/archives/two-faces-of-ms-versus-cosmo.html 8 December 2022
en Moira Bailey Bachelor No. 1 Faces Dating Game's Toughest Questions https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-03-14-8903140690-story.html The Orlando Sentinel 14 March 1989 Granted, these living Love Magnets must meet tough criteria. They must be good-looking, "self-made men" (that's Cosmospeak for "a nice bank account").
en 19 September 1995 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12086815.power-dressing-of-party-apparat-chick/ Power-dressing of party apparat-chick The Herald Scotland She is also one of the stars of a politics spread in Cosmopolitan. In Cosmospeak, Clare, left, is an apparat-chick, a party girl, one of a new generation of young people who have embraced politics because they are tired of the way the aforementioned suits are ruining the country.
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