trigger word
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The word “plastic” — the trigger word in the film “The Graduate” — was too temptingly easy even for writers of large reputation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
Amazon says its Alexa products are designed to record as little as possible, starting with the trigger word, “Alexa,” and stopping when the user’s command ends.
From Reuters ● Nov. 19, 2021
The hard vowel triggers Theyers’ stutter, and often by the time he’s said the trigger word, the device has stopped listening.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2018
As far as my own case goes, “duchess” is a dangerous trigger word, causing me to launch into Robert Browning’s poem My Last Duchess with full, hammy Larry Olivier-style hissing and simmering and Oscar-winning declaiming.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016
I imagine he’s got a trigger word that sets him off.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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