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manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

phonology collapse: the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

gesture collapse: motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling; something done as an indication of intention; "a political gesture"; "a gesture of defiance"; the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

cant collapse: insincere talk about religion or morals; heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

versification collapse: the art or practice of writing verse; the form or metrical composition of a poem; a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)

motion collapse: the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"; a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"; a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"; a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

elocution collapse: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

seamy collapse: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"; showing a seam

brackish collapse: slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"; distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel"

unprintable collapse: unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste; "an unprintable epithet"; "unprintable pictures"

poetic justice collapse: an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)

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