English Verb speaking of present participle and gerund of speak of Synonym: talking about Adverb speaking of (colloquial, disjunct) Speaking of which; relatedly, used to introduce a related topic. 2006, Mark Winegardner, The Godfather’s Revenge, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 76:“Speaking of by the way: nice car. I mean that.” 2009, Wells Tower, “Executors of Important Energies” (short story), in Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 83: “No more songs. This is a restaurant, for Christ’s sake, and speaking of, can somebody tell me where the hell is that veal?” 2009, James Boice, NoVA, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 47:— […] Speaking of by the way we should go shopping on Saturday or Sunday because Penney’s is having a sale at Fair Oaks. 2010, Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy, Take Two, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 8:“ […] And speaking of, can you please cover up that hideous shirt?” Related terms generally speaking (likewise often disjunctive)to speak of Translations relatedly Arabic: على فِكْرَةٍ (ʕala fikratin) South Levantine Arabic: على سيرة (ʕala sīre) Azerbaijani: sözü gəlmişkən, yeri gəlmişkən Chinese: Mandarin: 話說 / 话说 (zh) (huà shuō) French: en parlant de German: apropos (de), übrigens (de), da wir gerade davon sprechen Greek: μιας και τό 'φερε η κουβέντα (mias kai tó 'fere i kouvénta), παρεμπιπτόντως (el) (parempiptóntos) Polish: à propos (pl), przy okazji (pl) Swedish: på tala om (set phrase), apropå (sv), på tal om Turkish: demişken Interjection speaking of Synonym of speak of the devil A: I wish Maria had come. B: Speaking of! Here she is! Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.