upspeak

upspeak

A manner of speaking in which each sentence has a rising intonation, like a question. I'm trying to curb my upspeak so that the boss sees me as a confident businessperson, which I am.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • too many cooks spoil the soup
  • too many cooks spoil the stew
  • (someone) won't thank you for (something)
  • a dumb priest never got a parish
  • boss man
  • boss lady
  • boss
  • step off the curb
References in periodicals archive
Who benefits from the status quo when we pretend dress does not matter, or demeanor does not matter, or the presence of family members does not matter, or language ability or upspeak or race or gender does not matter?
(151) Yasuhiro Ozuru & William Hirst, Surface Features of Utterances, Credibility Judgments, and Memory, 34 MEMORY & COGNITION 1512, 1513 (2006); John Baldoni, Will 'Upspeak' Hurt Your Career?, FORBES (July 30, 2015), https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbaldoni/2015/07/30/will-upspeak-hurt-your-career/#3f96f3ab4edc; Ken Broda-Bahm, Avoid Rising Intonation?, PERSUASIVE LITIGATOR (May 26, 2014), https://www.persuasivelitigator.com/2014/05/avoid-rising-intonation.html (summarizing studies finding that rising intonation or upspeak negatively impact perceptions of credibility).
EVIDENCE WITHOUT RULES
For example, speech coach Susan Sankin says using upspeak (also known as "uptalk") can make you seem indecisive and less confident at work.
5 Surprising Ways Your Voice Affects Your Success
American and Aussie TV shows consumed in the UK are being blamed for spreading upspeak among professional Brits.
My observation has been that women use upspeak much more often than do men.
If HRT serves to frame statements in the form of a question, then the game show upspeak 48 percent of the time, and that didn't vary significantly when they were incorrect.
Down with upspeak
This contrasts with upspeak, which implies a question through a raised tone at the end of sentences, connoting uncertainty and tentativeness (Bradford, 1997).
A suicide crisis intervention model with 25 practical strategies for implementation
Transcriptions included notation indicating highly emotional content, whispering, laughter, emphasis, pauses, and "upspeak."
The interpretive dynamics of filial and collective responsibility for elderly people
"Upspeak"--the habit of ending a sentence or phrase with a higher pitch, as if it were a question--is a familiar characteristic of contemporary feminine speech.
A 'strap-on party' for the people
If you say a statement with the intonation of a question, that's called "upspeak." It happens when you end your sentences with a higher pitch than they began with and makes you sound as if you're unsure of what you're saying.
7 Ways to Get People to Take You Seriously
This is the interrogative sentence, its last word or syllable with rising intonation or inflexion, sometimes called the upspeak or Australian.
I ain't really misbehavin'