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Austin meant by “performative,” a quasi-technical term he applied to a speech act that does what it says.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

When Golovkin’s English failed him, his trainer, Abel Sanchez, took over and delivered the sort of garrulous, quasi-technical doublespeak that has become the fight trainer’s second language, especially when addressing the media before a fight.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2014