English Explanatory Dictionary

Elmer Fudd syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tendency to replace lateral (/l/) and rhotic (/r/) consonants with labiovelar (/w/) ones.

Word forms

Elmer Fudd syndrome

Etymology

From the speech style of the cartoon character Elmer Fudd.

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