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Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but that is not a verb used to describe what one is doing when they use those words.

This is a bit of a nebulous question since speech disfluencies are used in so many common situations that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.

Verbs used to describe what you are doing when using a disfluency could include :

• If you do not know what to say, and you are indicating to your audience that you are taking a moment to think about it, you may be pondering, considering, or contemplating.
• If you do not know what to say, and the silence is making you uncomfortable, you are fillering.
• If you do not know what to say, and you you are trying to buy time, you are delaying.
• If you know about what you are trying to say, but you have a speech impediment that makes saying it difficult, it is a stutter or stammer
• Stutters are often caused by duress; so, if it is caused by a stressful situation you may be faltering or cowering
• If you know what you want to say, but are unsure if you should say it, you are hesitating
• If you know what you want to say, but purposefully include the disfluency for dramatic effect, you may be emphasizing.
• If you are parroting another person's disfluencies you may be mirroring or mocking

Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but that is not a verb used to describe what one is doing when they use those words.

This is a bit of a nebulous question since speech disfluencies are used in so many common situations that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.

Verbs used to describe what you are doing when using a disfluency could include :

• If you do not know what to say, and you are indicating to your audience that you are taking a moment to think about it, you may be pondering, considering, or contemplating.
• If you do not know what to say, and the silence is making you uncomfortable, you are fillering.
• If you do not know what to say, and you you are trying to buy time, you are delaying.
• If you know about what you are trying to say, but you have a neurogenic speech impediment that makes saying it difficult, you are stuttering or stammering. (Some cases of filtering may also be described this way)
• Stutters are often caused by duress; so, if it is caused by a stressful situation you may be faltering or cowering
• If you know what you want to say, but are unsure if you should say it, you are hesitating
• If you know what you want to say, but purposefully include the disfluency for dramatic effect, you may be emphasizing.
• If you are parroting another person's disfluencies you may be mirroring or mocking

Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but to describe what one is doing when they use those words could be any number of things. They could be stuttering, fillering, delaying, emphasizing, hesitating, mocking, considering, etc. Speech disfluencies are so commonly used in so many contexts that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.

Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but that is not a verb used to describe what one is doing when they use those words.

This is a bit of a nebulous question since speech disfluencies are used in so many common situations that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.

Verbs used to describe what you are doing when using a disfluency could include :

• If you do not know what to say, and you are indicating to your audience that you are taking a moment to think about it, you may be pondering, considering, or contemplating.
• If you do not know what to say, and the silence is making you uncomfortable, you are fillering.
• If you do not know what to say, and you you are trying to buy time, you are delaying.
• If you know about what you are trying to say, but you have a speech impediment that makes saying it difficult, it is a stutter or stammer
• Stutters are often caused by duress; so, if it is caused by a stressful situation you may be faltering or cowering
• If you know what you want to say, but are unsure if you should say it, you are hesitating
• If you know what you want to say, but purposefully include the disfluency for dramatic effect, you may be emphasizing.
• If you are parroting another person's disfluencies you may be mirroring or mocking

Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but to describe what one is doing when they use those words could be any number of things. They could be stuttering, fillering, delaying, emphasizing, hesitating, mocking, considering, etc. Speech disfluencies are so commonly used in so many contexts that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.

Those specific types of words are called speech disfluencies, but to describe what one is doing when they use those words could be any number of things. They could be stuttering, fillering, delaying, emphasizing, hesitating, mocking, considering, etc. Speech disfluencies are so commonly used in so many contexts that among some populations they can represent up to 20% of the total words used in everyday conversation.