Embolalia [em-bə-LEY-lee-ə]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Ancient Greek, late 19th century

1. Automatic speech; verbalization that occurs without conscious effort by the individual, such as repetitions and filler words.

Examples of embolalia in a sentence

"When Suhrid is nervous, he struggles to keep from repeating embolalia such as “you know” and “like.”"

"I asked the transcriber to remove the embolalia from the text the next time they transcribed my recorded class."

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