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cursive singing

cursive singing noun: the breathy, diphthongised pronunciation in which some Anglophone singers perform.

Noun

cursive singing (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang) The breathy, diphthongised pronunciation in which some Anglophone singers perform.
    Synonyms:
    singing in cursive, indie girl voice

Synonyms of cursive singing

  • singing in cursive
  • indie girl voice

Origin of cursive singing

First known usage is by Twitter user @TRACKDROPPA in 2009: : Voice so smooth its^([sic]) like I’m singing in cursive..

Questions about cursive singing

What does cursive singing mean?
Cursive singing means the breathy, diphthongised pronunciation in which some Anglophone singers perform.
What part of speech is cursive singing?
Cursive singing is a noun.

Words near cursive singing in the dictionary

  1. cursitating
  2. cursitor
  3. cursitors
  4. cursitory
  5. cursive
  6. cursive singing
  7. cursively
  8. cursiveness
  9. cursives
  10. cursivity
  11. cursivization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cursive singing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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