logorrhea

(lô'gə-rē'ə, lŏg'ə-)
n.
Excessive use of words.

logorrheic log'or·rhe'ic adj.

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Columnist Frank Rich of The New York Times crafted a clever sentence featuring the word logorrhea (thus implicitly rebuking those guilty of logorrhea — excessive, incoherent wordiness):

"Despite the lachrymose logorrhea of television anchors and the somber musical fanfares, the country was less likely to be found in deep mourning [for the death of President Gerald Ford] than in deep football."

Link: The Timely Death of Gerald Ford - New York Times

Posted January 8, 2007.

See our Word Overheard blog to see interesting uses of strange words.

excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness

IN BRIEF: n. - Pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.

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For a list of words related to logorrheic, see:

• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic

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