There is a name for nearly every speech pattern, including trailing off and upspeak.

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you steal a herd of cattle, you have committed abaction.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nudiustertian refers to the day before yesterday.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Tittynope is one of those words that sound naughty but aren’t.
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you play Scrabble, xertz is a word to put in your vocabulary
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If you want to highlight the information, use dashes. If it’s information that is needed, but you don’t want to draw attention to it, use parenthesis.
There is a name for nearly every speech pattern, including trailing off and upspeak.