Ellipsis

[Sarah]

Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, whichare obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for,the virtues which I admire.

[Sarah]

An ellipsis is a series of three or more periods (...) inserted into a sentence to indicate a pause or silence. Ellipses are usually used in dialogue. Ellipses are used today in lieu of other proper punctuation.
An ellipsis can also be used to indicate the ommission or suppression of a word or phrase.
[Latin ellpsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein, to fall short.]
Plural: ellipses

[Sarah]

Plural: ellipses
A series of three or more periods. This usually indicates a pause or silence, or is used when a sentence is left incomplete. Common in text-based conversations.

[Sarah]

the word that you get excited as shit to look up and then you find out it means punctuation mark or some shit like that.

[Tanya Shivari]

[The three] little [pulsating] [dots] that appear when waiting for a reply while texting on an iPhone.

[Kai]

Also called a rolling period, an [ellipsis] is when a woman has three [consecutive] periods across 3 consecutive months without breaks. They are commonly known to make life not worth living as they usually involve extensive amounts of pain in the uterus, and more flow than a fresh [mixtape].

[Little_Girl]

The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

[Julene]

a situation in which words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be understood: