Verbal ___ (idiosyncrasy of speech) (3)

I believe the answer is:

tic

(Other definitions for tic that I've seen before include "Involuntary muscular spasm" , "Regular muscular twitch" , "Minor muscle spasm" , "Involuntary contraction" , "Nervous spasm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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