said-bookism

Etymology

 * coined by, writing under the pen name William Atheling Jr., after The Said Book, the title of a booklet for aspiring writers listing countless alternatives to the word “said” in writing dialogue.

Noun

 * 1)  A verb (such as "explained", "shouted", or "uttered") used to indicate dialogue when writing fiction, chosen so as to avoid using the word "said".
 * 2) * 1980,, Shatterday, Houghton Mifflin, Dedication:
 * Jim Blish once dedicated a book to me. He introduced me to the music of Charles Ives, to the taste of Vander Flip, to the urgency of avoiding the said-bookism, to the concept of the watershed, to the pleasures of Indo-Ceylonese food.
 * 1)  The studious avoidance, in writing dialogue, of the word "said".