said-bookism

短语

词形变化

said-bookisms 复数 said-bookisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A verb (such as "explained", "shouted", or "uttered") used to indicate dialogue when writing fiction, chosen so as to avoid using the word "said".

    罕用 媒体

    Jim Blish once dedicated a book to me. He introduced me to the music of Charles Ives, to the taste of Vander Flip, to the urgency of avoiding the said-bookism, to the concept of the watershed, to the pleasures of Indo-Ceylonese food.

  2. 2.

    The studious avoidance, in writing dialogue, of the word "said".

    不可数 媒体

词源

From The Said Book + -ism; coined by James Blish, writing under the pen name William Atheling Jr., after The Said Book, the title of a booklet for aspiring writers listing countless alternatives to the word “said” in writing dialogue.

来源：wiktionary