verbigeration

n.
Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

[From Latin verbigerātus, past participle of verbigerāre, to chat, dispute, from *verbiger, carrying words : verbum, word; see verb + gerere, to carry.]

(vuhr-bij-uh-RAY-shun)

noun
Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases.

Etymology
From Latin verbigerare (to talk, chat), from verbum (word) + gerere (to carry on).]

Usage
"Some words are standard, but with a twist; some are liberated from patriarchal prejudice and restored to archaic meanings; some are new and sharp as an ungrateful crone, and a feast for (Mary) Daly familiars. A sample: 'Abominable snowmen of androcratic academia: freezers and packagers of learning; chilling throng of frigid fellows, specialists in verbigeration and refrigeration of knowledge.'" — Audrey DeLaMartre; Bible Speaks to Fill Readers With 'Holy Chutzpah', The Star Tribune (Minneapolis); Nov 1, 1987.

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(vər-bĭj'ə-rā'shən)
n.

Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

the senseless repetition of stereotyped phrases