Etymograph

English

mallspeak

From mall + speak.

A compound of mall + speak

Old English specan ‘to speak’

Middle English speken ‘to speak’

English speak

Today it means

noun A form of language, practiced by the young, in which generalized modifiers (especially like and the form be like) are interspersed, often seemingly at random.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mallspeak