o·ra·cy

[awr-uh-see, ohr-]
noun
the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.

Origin:
1960–65; or(al) + (liter)acy

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oracy (ˈɔːrəsɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the capacity to express oneself in and understand speech
 
[C20: from Latin or-, os mouth, by analogy with literacy]

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Oracy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
Hence, an oracy to literacy sequence is inherent in our notions about comprehension instruction.
While literacy centers on print media, oracy is less fixed and subject to re-telling and re-shaping.
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