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EYE DIALECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eye dialect mean?
• EYE DIALECT (noun)
The noun EYE DIALECT has 1 sense:
1. the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
Familiarity information: EYE DIALECT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("eye dialect" is a kind of...):
accent; dialect; idiom (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people)
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