said-bookisms

Noun

said-bookism (plural said-bookisms)

1. (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.1980, Harlan Ellison, Shatterday, Houghton Mifflin, Dedication
2. (uncountable) The studious avoidance, in writing dialogue, of the word "said".

   Synonyms:

   bookism