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Fwd: verbigeration: Dictionary.com Word of the Day


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Dec. 12, 2014
Word of the Day

verbigeration Audio Pronunciation
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\ver-bij-uh-REY-shuhn\
noun
1. Pathology. the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases.
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
Origin
Verbigeration entered English in the late 1800s from the Latin verbigerāre meaning "to chat, converse."
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