Lisp
noun
A type of speech defect that makes 's' and 'z' sounds come out wrong.
The little boy had a lisp.
Often appears as...
- speak with a lisp
- have a slight lisp
verb
To speak with a speech defect that makes 's' and 'z' sounds come out wrong.
He lisps when he talks.
Often appears as...
- lisp his words
- lisp the s sound
noun
A high-level programming language primarily used for artificial intelligence research.
LISP is used in machine learning applications.
Often appears as...
- learn lisp
- lisp programming
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of speech defect that makes 's' and 'z' sounds come out wrong.
The little boy had a lisp.
Often appears as...
- speak with a lisp
- have a slight lisp
verb
To speak with a speech defect that makes 's' and 'z' sounds come out wrong.
He lisps when he talks.
Often appears as...
- lisp his words
- lisp the s sound
noun
A high-level programming language primarily used for artificial intelligence research.
LISP is used in machine learning applications.
Often appears as...
- learn lisp
- lisp programming
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Speech Difficulty
A lisp is not a choice. It's a challenge some people face and can be sensitive about.
She's been working hard to overcome her lisp.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Accent
A lisp differs from an accent. Accents are about pronunciation patterns, while a lisp is a specific speech issue.
His lisp stood out, not because of an accent but because of the way he pronounced 's.'
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Lisps are often wrongly thought to affect only 's' sounds, but 'z' sounds are also typically involved.
People noticed his lisp more when he said 'zebras' than when he said 'sun.'
Pro Tip 1/3Speech Difficulty
A lisp is not a choice. It's a challenge some people face and can be sensitive about.
She's been working hard to overcome her lisp.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Accent
A lisp differs from an accent. Accents are about pronunciation patterns, while a lisp is a specific speech issue.
His lisp stood out, not because of an accent but because of the way he pronounced 's.'
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Lisps are often wrongly thought to affect only 's' sounds, but 'z' sounds are also typically involved.
People noticed his lisp more when he said 'zebras' than when he said 'sun.'
Pro Tip 1/3Speech Difficulty
A lisp is not a choice. It's a challenge some people face and can be sensitive about.
She's been working hard to overcome her lisp.
Pro Tip 2/3Not an Accent
A lisp differs from an accent. Accents are about pronunciation patterns, while a lisp is a specific speech issue.
His lisp stood out, not because of an accent but because of the way he pronounced 's.'
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misconception
Lisps are often wrongly thought to affect only 's' sounds, but 'z' sounds are also typically involved.
People noticed his lisp more when he said 'zebras' than when he said 'sun.'
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Video examples
The Call of the Land:...
factors but you have to just let it go it doesn't really even feel like you're doing the work because so many people have done work before you or because nature is actually just doing it and you're sort of lisping your hand here and there and making it come together
Video examples
Eduardo Briceño: How to...
and acting. To get rid of an odd habit he had of involuntarily lifting his shoulder, he practiced his speeches in front of a mirror, and he suspended a sword from the ceiling so that if he raised his shoulder, it would hurt. To speak more clearly despite a lisp,
Video examples
The Call of the Land:...
factors but you have to just let it go it doesn't really even feel like you're doing the work because so many people have done work before you or because nature is actually just doing it and you're sort of lisping your hand here and there and making it come together
Video examples
Eduardo Briceño: How to...
and acting. To get rid of an odd habit he had of involuntarily lifting his shoulder, he practiced his speeches in front of a mirror, and he suspended a sword from the ceiling so that if he raised his shoulder, it would hurt. To speak more clearly despite a lisp,
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Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.
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Gaten Matarazzo
American Actor
I was like, 'I'm only going to do musical theater for the rest of my life. I'm never going to do TV.' And whenever I'd get auditions for TV, I'd be like, 'Okay, whatever. I've got a lisp, so they're not going to take me.' And then I started doing this, and I guess it was my sister that got me into the acting thing.
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Sarah Paulson
American Actress
I had gone away from Twitter because before people had been so mean to me. Talking about my lisp and my enormous forehead and all these things. I do have a lisp, I do have a forehead I know you could land a plane on, it's no mystery to me. I just didn't have the skin for it.
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Colton Underwood
American Athlete
I had curly hair, braces, pimples - you talk about going through puberty and the worst things that go with it, I had it, for sure. And then I had a bottom retainer, so my lisp was really bad. I still have a minor one when I get really excited.
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Hannah Ware
English Model
I think all girls secretly want to be actresses because acting seems so glamorous. But as a child, I was always the villager who had one line in the school play. I was shy and I had a bit of a lisp.
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Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.
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Mike Cernovich
American Writer
I'm not sensitive about my lisp, but a lot of people are, and it's not the type of trait people should mock.
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Alan Perlis
American Scientist
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
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Kyle
American Musician
Mike Tyson and Kool G Rap had lisps - lisps always been cool!
Quote examples
Kiernan Shipka
American Actress
There's nothing wrong with a lisp.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.
Quote examples
Gaten Matarazzo
American Actor
I was like, 'I'm only going to do musical theater for the rest of my life. I'm never going to do TV.' And whenever I'd get auditions for TV, I'd be like, 'Okay, whatever. I've got a lisp, so they're not going to take me.' And then I started doing this, and I guess it was my sister that got me into the acting thing.
Quote examples
Sarah Paulson
American Actress
I had gone away from Twitter because before people had been so mean to me. Talking about my lisp and my enormous forehead and all these things. I do have a lisp, I do have a forehead I know you could land a plane on, it's no mystery to me. I just didn't have the skin for it.
Quote examples
Colton Underwood
American Athlete
I had curly hair, braces, pimples - you talk about going through puberty and the worst things that go with it, I had it, for sure. And then I had a bottom retainer, so my lisp was really bad. I still have a minor one when I get really excited.
Quote examples
Hannah Ware
English Model
I think all girls secretly want to be actresses because acting seems so glamorous. But as a child, I was always the villager who had one line in the school play. I was shy and I had a bit of a lisp.
Quote examples
Tracey Ullman
British Comedian
I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.
Quote examples
Mike Cernovich
American Writer
I'm not sensitive about my lisp, but a lot of people are, and it's not the type of trait people should mock.
Quote examples
Alan Perlis
American Scientist
LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
Quote examples
Kyle
American Musician
Mike Tyson and Kool G Rap had lisps - lisps always been cool!
Quote examples
Kiernan Shipka
American Actress
There's nothing wrong with a lisp.
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