(Internet) A form of chatspeak used by users of the Twitch video streaming website, especially gamers, characterized by the frequent use of emotes.
2017 March 19, Apisit Chatarsa, “The language of Twitch, an understanding of Twitch-speak”, in Medium[1]:
Twitch-speak was an essential component of a person’s stream and if you wanted to be a successful streamer, you had better learn it.
2014 August 8, Alex Magdaleno, “'Twitch-speak': A Guide to the Secret Emoji Language of Gamers”, in Mashable[2]:
What started out as being an inside joke between the early founders of Justin.tv has effectively turned into a community-building tool — and the language of Twitch. Here's your linguistic primer to Twitch-speak.
2017 November 30, Apoorva Sripathi, “Can you say it like an emoji can”, in The Hindu[3]:
But there’s a part of the Internet that has been quite excitedly using a secret and in-depth line of emojis, ones that are inscrutable to those who aren’t a part of it. And if you don’t do Twitch-speak, you might just be lost in those part of the woods.
