Saturday, December 13, 2014

Word of the Day

verbigeration
 \ ver-bij-uh-REY-shuhn \, noun;  
1.
Pathology . the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases.
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Quotes:
Which is to say nothing of what cannot be captured by the lens, namely her verbig-verbig-verbig-verbig- verbigeration : the unending repetition of words of words of words, or of phrases of phrases of phrases…
-- Will Self, Umbrella , 2012

When she dutifully regurgitated the shaman's explanation, it sounded like a crazy person's verbigeration .
-- Bruce Wagner, Memorial , 2006

Origin:
Verbigeration  entered English in the late 1800s from the Latin verbigerāre  meaning "to chat, converse."

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