vocal fry
noun [mass noun]
A way of speaking in which the voice is very low-pitched and has a characteristic rough or creaking sound: she tweaks the way teen girls actually talk, with high-rising terminals, vocal fry, and ‘like’ for emphasis his girlfriend uses uptalk and vocal fry...
- Unfortunately, Farrell's raspy vocal fry renders the scene virtually inaudible once again.
- Call it a quirk, a trend, or an epidemic - vocal fry is everywhere.
- The other ghastly affectation, which is particular to young women, is vocal fry.
Origin
1960s: apparently from the association of the characteristic sound with that of frying food.
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