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plural wpm
Initialism of words per minute (“a measure of speed, as of output, typing, reading, or speech”). quotations examples
So, if you're thinking at 400 and the person you're talking to is speaking at 150, then what you do with that extra 250 wpm capacity is going to determine how good a listener you are.
2010, Ivan Misner, David Alexander, Brian Hilliard, Networking Like a Pro: Turning Contacts Into Connections, Entrepreneur Press, page 98