Dot dot dot

[Duane Campbell]

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>
> I don't think they are exact synonyms, though. For example, if I were
> writing about someone's overuse of "..." in writing, I would talk about
> their ellipses, but in conversation saying something like "And then she
> was like, 'Well dot-dot-dot' and didn't even finish," doesn't work

In journalism there is the "dot ... dot ... dot " column, a very informal
column of tidbits separates by ellipses.   I don't think it would work to
call it an ellepsis column.

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