Tarzan-speak

English

Etymology

From Tarzan +‎ -speak.

Noun

Tarzan-speak (uncountable)

  1. Tarzanese
    • 1992, R. Orin Cornett and Mary Elsie Daisey, The Cued Speech Resource Book for Parents of Deaf Children, Raleigh, NC: National Cued Speech Association, page 644:
      Although we were speaking full sentences, the language coming off our hands went like this: "We go market. What you want buy? This pretty, you like?" I call it Tarzan Speak.
    • 1999 August 22, The Independent, London, page 10:
      "Long time ago good. Now no good." That deathless piece of Injun- or Tarzan-speak, from the story "Fathers and Sons", should be added to "grace under pressure" as the sum of the Hemingway philosophy.
    • 2018 February 13, Daily Star (Online), London:
      But he revealed that new music is almost upon us, sharing in an endearing grammatically incorrect fashion: “Album soon come.” Perhaps he’s channelling Tarzan speak.
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