stuttering: postponement behaviors

Any behavior or technique used to avoid stuttering by pausing, delaying or stalling the attempt to produce a feared sound or word in the hope that the fear will subside enough to allow production.*

Also: stallers

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The King's Speech Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush 2010

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