English Dictionary

said-bookism

名詞

稀用 不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

小説などのフィクションにおいて、登場人物の発言を表す際に、一般的な「言った」を避けるために使用される（珍しい）代替の動詞的表現。 / 作家が対話描写の際に、直接『said』と書くことを避けるために選ぶ、対話を示す語句としての独特な表現。

The editor warned the novelist that overusing said-bookism made the dialogue feel precious rather than natural.

編集者は小説家に、「said」の代わりになる発話動詞を多用すると会話が自然ではなく気取ってしまうと注意した。

意味（1）

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

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.

意味（2）

(authorship, uncountable) The studious avoidance, in writing dialogue, of the word "said".

said-bookisms （ plural ）