transcriptese

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noun

A direct transcription of someone's speech, including speech disfluencies

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Meanings

nountranscriptese (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA direct transcription of someone's speech, including speech disfluencies

    When we speak out loud, we use language differently from the way we do when we write, and the written form of spoken speech—the “transcriptese” that types out the grunts, verbal gestures, and conversational hedges of ordinary talk—can make people sound more foolish and more hesitant than they are.

    2012, Tanya Luhrmann, When God Talks Back, Alfred A. Knopf
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APA

transcriptese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptese

MLA

“transcriptese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcriptese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcriptese.

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