English

Noun

teacherese ‎(uncountable)

1. (sometimes humorous) The sort of language spoken by teachers.
   • 1995, Anabel Donald, In at the Deep End

     'Troubled', the headmaster had said, presumably teacherese for the same thing.

   • 1997, Frank Deford, Alex: the life of a child

     This latter was a nice teacherese way of saying that Alex was hopelessly uncoordinated. It took her forever to learn to put on her underpants...