Lyrics
Speech
Speech noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.
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Nearby Word: speechless
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So you inform the character of the three-headed monkey sneaking up behind them, then swap their speech/lyrics sheet/instructions booklet with another one you acquired by irrelevant means.
Source: Script Swap - In one of the Academy Awards, Will Ferrell and Jack Black added lyrics to the song played when a speech gets overtly long.
Source: With Lyrics - The lyrics come from Matthew 23, from the speech known as the Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees (see entry under Literature).
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Speech and Lyrics. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lyrics/speech
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