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stuttering: circumlocution


Attempting to avoid a feared word or words by paraphrasing the intended utterance using different words. Explaining a word rather than using it.*

Also: circumlocution

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*Reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) Stuttering Words, third edition Paperback 1997 available from Stuttering Foundation of America



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