OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27191

filler

/ˈfɪlə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bordoncillo • bordón • cantaleta • estribillo • latiguillo • muletilla
Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
As the years go by, speech reverts to childhood levels of disfluency, with more pauses, more errors, more repeated words, but even the peak years are not great: up to 8 percent of…
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