lisper

Substitutes th sounds

A lisper is someone who lisps—pronouncing sibilant sounds like *s* and *z* with the tongue against or between the teeth, producing a *th*-like sound.

The term is descriptive rather than derogatory: She was a lisper as a child but grew out of it.

In programming circles, a Lisper is someone who programs in Lisp.

programming

scheme

Calculated strategy, often secretive

macro · lambda · closure · car · eval · quote · metaprogramming · recursion

speech

pronunciation

Manner of speaking words

phonetics · interdental · diction · enunciation · Sylvester

community

MIT

Cambridge research university

Opposites
speech clarity/articulation

lisperenunciator

One who speaks clearly

elocutionist · orator · fluent speaker · stutterer · stammerer

Family

lisp, lisping, lisps, lisped, lispingly

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