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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles needing additional references, Speech and language pathology, Articles with short description, Oral communication
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disfluency  speech disfluency  dysfluency  disfluencies  Hem and haw
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Lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing WordNet 3.0
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Lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A speech disfluency, also spelled speech dysfluency, is any of various breaks, irregularities, or non-lexical vocables which occur within the flow of otherwise fluent speech. Wikipedia
An utterance that interrupts the normal flow of speech Wikipedia Disambiguation
Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech. Wiktionary
A dysfluent phrase or utterance. Wiktionary
A part of speech usually expressed as a pause or hesitation; such as err, um, hmm. Wiktionary