Way to avoid fool's abuse (4)
I believe the answer is:
jeer
'fool's abuse' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'way to avoid' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for right).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'avoid' becomes 'jee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' put after 'jee' is 'JEER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jeer that I've seen before include "Taunt" , "Henry ---, Richard II's enemy, successor" , "Rude, mocking remark" , "Rudely mocking remark" , "Mock publicly" .)