Posted on 02/28/2018 7:43:21 AM PST by Louis Foxwell
Word For The Day,
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
LOGORRHEIC
logorrhea [law-guh-ree-uh, log-uh-]
Word Origin
noun 1. pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech. 2. incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility. Origin of logorrhea 1900-1905 First recorded in 1900-05; logo- + -rrhea Related forms logorrheic, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018. Cite This Source Word Origin and History for logorrhea logorrhea n.
1878, from logos + ending from diarrhea. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Cite This Source logorrhea in Medicine
logorrhea log·or·rhe·a (lŏg'ə-rē'ə) n. Excessive use of words. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
The sentence must, in someway, relate to the news of the day.
Theyhave antibiotics for that now............................
Here is a delightful word with application we can all agree upon. Each of us knows someone afflicted with this dread condition. To whom we wish only to say, “Shut up!” But we rarely do. It is, after all, a medical condition. Demonstrating, once again, that liberalism is a mental disease.
Obama’s the first president to hail from the failed state of Logorrhea.
Bill Clinton was known for his logorrhea.
Diarrhea of the mouth...
My mother means well, but her logorrhea drives me up the wall.
Wanna know what logorrhea is? Watch a video of Adam Schiff; he has a terminal case of it.
The treatment is an antivenom milked from the fangs of a Schiff in full tilt.
1. pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech. 2. incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility
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You sure it’s not Hoggorrhea? The definition fits.
When you look it up, there is a picture of the Hogg kid next to it, and in fine print, it says, “see also, shumer, C.”
three seconds
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Perhaps the word is Eva Longoria....................
Yeah, that fits.
That's logorrhea. Not diarrhea, but you get the same result.
Do you offer the “word for the day” everyday?
Is it something I can sign up for?
They renewed her Housewives from Hell reality TV series yet again, so the actress EverLongerhea is still infecting our lives.
The relatives call, or people you know, not necessarily friends, and they invite you to a party. You tell them you cannot attend because you have the flu, you’re not feeling well, you have cramps and diarrhea, just to get out of situation, because you do not wish to attend but don’t have the stones bust their little hearts by just saying no.
I understand that just saying no is probably the better option however, if you lie and feign illness that is called Liarrhea.
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