Etymology

Bogart-Bacall syndrome

Today it means: A kind of vocal dysfunction that results in a deep and rough voice. Full definition →

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The story

Men and women with the syndrome are said (respectively) to sound like actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

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