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Bradspeak, a term coined on the talkpage of User:Iridescent in 2011,[1] is the formal, deliberate, and exhaustive style in which Wikipedia functionaries communicate in public in order to cover their backs and forestall any possible criticism, or any use of their opinion to further a wikicrusade, or for any other inappropriate purpose. Bradspeak is named, somewhat unfairly, after long-time arbitrator User:Newyorkbrad.