Baby Talk Definition

noun
Simplified speech similar to child-directed speech, used by adults when speaking to others besides children, as to display affection or to belittle the intelligence of the listener.
American Heritage
Playful, often nonsensical talk used to amuse or imitate a baby.
Webster's New World
Speech produced by young children that displays the syntactic, morphological, and phonetic imperfections typical of young children learning language.
American Heritage
Oversimplified speech or writing.
American Heritage

The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.

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Baby Talk Sentence Examples

  • Episode 4 (27 SEP 76) Baby Talk Mildred has become very broody.

  • A traditional shower is fine if you're into tradition, but some of your single friends will probably be pretty bored by all the baby talk.

  • Babies Online offers numerous freebies for babies of all ages, including free one-year subscriptions to Baby Talk Magazine and American Baby Magazine.

  • Symptoms of emotional upset includes regressive behaviors like bedwetting or baby-talk, increased aggression, increased fearfulness and sudden disobedience.

  • They can also speak clearly in complete sentences around their children and not use baby talk.

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