Vocabulary help--"word bubble"

[Heathansson]

Do any of you supra-geniuses know if there's another word for those "word bubbles" in cartoons where the character is talking? I got this guy over here trying to write an essay and look all fancy.

[Aberzombie]

How about "spherical soap residue containing character dialogue".

[Heathansson]

There's intellectual then there's snarky.
That's snarky and I applaud it but we're trying to put on airs over hyah and look fauncy.

[Aberzombie]

The only other phrase I've heard of to describe such is "thought balloon". Or you could call it a "dialogue balloon" maybe. By the way, what exactly does "snarky" mean?

[Heathansson]

I don't know.
Everybody just calls me that, and says my butt is intelligent.

[Thanis Kartaleon]

Aberzombie wrote:

By the way, what exactly does "snarky" mean?

Snark Speech

[Gary Teter]

I've always referred to them as "speech balloons".

[Heathansson]

I like speech balloon. It works. You write speech balloon in an essay and the readers know what you're talking about. Thanks.

[The Jade]

Yep. Speech balloons, speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons are all correct.

And then there is indeed the thought bubble.

[magdalena thiriet]

Word balloon and thought balloon are the ones I have heard used most.