Meaning of said-bookism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

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