Sounds or signals {alarum} can be about imminent danger.
formal conversation {colloquy}|.
public performance {spectacle}.
anxiety and uncertainty {suspense}.
expression {utterance}.
witty statement {aphorism}|.
bantering {badinage}.
Irish flattery {blarney}.
People can have fun at expense of people or ideas {derision}.
comic story {drollery}.
light and playful work {humoresque}.
Personal attacks {lampoon}| can be comically overdrawn.
Literary imitations {parody}| can be comic.
Humorous talking {patter} can accompany music or magic performances.
banter {persiflage}|.
happy teasing or ridicule {raillery}.
vulgar humor {ribaldry}.
insightful and humorous expression {witticism}.
repartée {wordplay}.
Two words {anagram}| can use same letters.
Designs {monogram} can use one or more letters.
Expressions {palindrome}| can have same letter sequence forward and backward.
Sentences {pangram} can use all alphabet letters.
People can use proverbs or sayings {adage}|.
trite expression {bromide}.
Words {byword} can be common.
Words or phrases {catch phrase} can be common.
slogan {catchword}.
tombstone or monument phrase {epitaph}|.
People can express ignorant or oversimplified idea {fatuity}.
Words {filler} can fill publication's empty columns.
People can express accepted idea {given}.
jazz jargon {jive}.
rule or principle {maxim}.
trite expression {pabulum, writing}.
trite expression {pap}.
trite expression {platitude}.
innocuous expression {pleasantry}.
Traditional sayings {proverb} can be about proper-living rules.
Vibrating tongue on lips makes disapproving sounds {raspberry, expression}.
saying {saw, saying} {saying, saw}.
soothing expression {sop}.
Slogans or last lines {tag line} can emphasize idea.
a truth {verity}.
slogan or password {watchword}.
People can tell others to do or not do something {admonition}.
regretful note {apology}.
disparagement {aspersion}.
high-sounding but ridiculous expression {bombast}.
criticism {brickbat}.
falsely attributing trait or action to damage reputation {calumny}|.
Arguing cases {casuistry}| can show how it is not against religious or state law.
derisive or disapproving expression {catcall}.
hypothesis {conjecture}.
hurtful expression {contumely}.
problem or riddle {conundrum}.
formal criticism {critique, literature}.
Expressions {denunciation} can state that people have done wrong.
long denunciation {diatribe}.
People can espouse simple ideas {dogma}.
uninformative expression {drivel}.
derogatory name {epithet}|.
profane or vulgar exclamation {expletive}.
long emotional speech {harangue}.
charms and spells {incantation}.
Words can denounce something {invective}.
curse {malediction}.
Life summaries {obituary} can be published after death.
oration style {oratory}.
argument {polemic}|.
obscene literature {pornography}|.
rule {prescript}.
doctor's drug order {prescription, medicine}.
search question or keyword {query}.
Expressions {rap} can be about immediate feelings and ideas.
answering argument points {rebuttal}.
expressing from memory {recitation, speech}.
reply to reply {rejoinder}.
recanting {retraction}.
Speakers can pose and answer questions {rhetorical question}|.
argument {rhubarb, argument}.
Questions {riddle} can suggest objects or situations using metaphorical clues.
People can recite from memory {rote}, without thinking.
ironic or mocking expression {sarcasm}.
gossip {scuttlebutt}.
enticing or alluring expression {siren song}.
Persuasion {snow job} can use deception and flattery.
People can use logic or reasoning to reach questionable conclusions {sophistry}.
criticism {stricture}.
advice {suggestion}.
emotional speech {tirade}.
Words can trivialize important or heroic thing {travesty, literature} {low burlesque}.
People can speak formally {allocution}|.
Foreign-language words can change to form more like English usage {anglicize}.
Removing affix from another word {back-formation} can make new word or meaning.
Two sounds can affect each other {blend}.
For commercial or prudish purposes, publisher can remove vulgar or offensive words or sections {bowdlerize}.
People can speak simultaneously {cacaphony}|, so noise is great and sound has no meaning.
People can use many words to convey thought {circumlocution}|.
Names {cognomen}| can be descriptive or can be last names.
People can make up words {coined word}.
Words can combine with context {combining form}, such as making word into prefix.
People can make harmonious sounds {diapason, speaking}.
In bad usage, sentence can have two negatives {double negative}.
People can pronounce properly using good grammar, tone, and style {elocution}|.
Two sounds can be harmonious {euphony}|.
French-like expression {gallicism}.
conversation part {interlocution}.
People can express using rhyme or rhythm {poetics}.
Works {set piece} can have formal patterns.
People can speak softly but rapidly about ongoing situation {titter}.
words {verbiage}.
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