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 

• EYE DIALECT (noun)

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)