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ventriloquism effect

the tendency for sounds to appear to emanate from plausible visual objects, regardless of the actual source of the sound. For example, the voices of actors in a movie are localized to the images on the screen, rather than to the speakers that produce the sound. The ventriloquism effect stems from visual capture.

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glossosynthesis

glossosynthesis

n. the creation of nonsense words.