half-spoken

This is especially evident when you talk to small town Texans at a bar and they drunkenly correct their half-spoken racial slur with the word ACORN once they catch their drunken racial slip-up.

Matthew Yglesias » Ombudsmanfail 2010

He capped the late set on Wednesday with a surprisingly somber note, a haunting, half-spoken monolog on "I Keep Goin ' Back To Joe's," showing how that Marvin Fisher gem may yet unseat "One for My Baby" as the supreme saloon song.

Birthday Wishes, Halloween Dreams Will Friedwald 2011

This compelling set mixes tango with other Argentinian styles, and matches his gruff, often half-spoken lyrics against settings that range from slinky, melodic passages to wailing freeform clarinet, harmonica, bagpipes, guitar and piano.

Melingo: Corazón y Hueso – review 2012

The duo Floetry's appeal is all about the chemistry between Natalie Stewart's half-rapped, half-spoken counterpoint to Marsha Ambrosius's acrobatic singing.

Nightlife agenda David Malitz 2010

Aaron Weiss stands apart with his half-sung, half-spoken lyrics about spirituality and philosophy.

Melissa DAgnese: MewithoutYou Melds Musical Genres At Bowery Ballroom Melissa DAgnese 2010

Aaron Weiss stands apart with his half-sung, half-spoken lyrics about ...

Melissa DAgnese: MewithoutYou Melds Musical Genres At Bowery Ballroom Melissa DAgnese 2010

The result is a bravely thoughtful mood piece, dominated by the half-spoken March 11, 1962, which chronicles her agonising phone call with her birth mother, who refused to meet her.

Mary Gauthier: The Foundling 2010

Later, when we get to the half-spoken, half-rapped part of Thriller made famous by Vincent Price, they go at it in unison:

Billie Jean in Baghdad 2010

(Soundbite of song) Mr. RACHID TAHA (Singer): (Singing in foreign language) EYRE: The dark chord changes, torn-up half-spoken vocals and seasonings of electronica are quintessential Rachid Taha, and so are the idiosyncratic lyrics.

Rachid Taha: Algerian Roots, American Rock 'n' Roll 2010

Aaron Weiss stands apart with his half-sung, half-spoken lyrics about spirituality and philosophy.

Melissa DAgnese: MewithoutYou Melds Musical Genres At Bowery Ballroom 2010