Brochophony

/broʊˈkɒfəni/ noun

Definition

A musical or acoustic phenomenon where sound seems to break or stutter, or the sound quality of a broken or fractured transmission.

Etymology

From Greek 'brochos' (break/fracture) and 'phone' (sound). This is a technical term used in acoustics and telecommunications to describe disrupted audio signals.

Kelly Says

In the age of digital communication, we've reinvented ancient Greek roots to describe modern problems—when your video call breaks up, that's brochophony in action, proving that language adapts to describe what our ears experience.

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