logorrhea
noun
log·or·rhea
ˌlȯ-gə-ˈrē-ə 
ˌlä-
: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness
Synonyms
Examples of logorrhea in a Sentence
the article suffers from the logorrhea that infects so much academic writing
Recent Examples on the Web
Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.
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Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
The sole exception to this scattershot logorrhea is Jia, a graceful young orphan with a special connection to Kong.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021
The latest case is Twitter’s attempt Tuesday for the first time to fact-check Mr. Trump’s tweet logorrhea.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 May 2020
Their presence dramatized his absence, their logorrhea his silence.
—Gary Indiana, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
But her tinny outrage and Tyler’s own dogmatic logorrhea begin to feel like exhibits in a playfully prickly riff on the inauthentic, the massaged and the cagily appropriated when telling stories.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
Audra is armed with a pronounced case of logorrhea, an untamed curiosity, an ability to befriend almost anyone.
—The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 31 May 2017
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Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
The sole exception to this scattershot logorrhea is Jia, a graceful young orphan with a special connection to Kong.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2021
The latest case is Twitter’s attempt Tuesday for the first time to fact-check Mr. Trump’s tweet logorrhea.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 May 2020
Their presence dramatized his absence, their logorrhea his silence.
—Gary Indiana, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
But her tinny outrage and Tyler’s own dogmatic logorrhea begin to feel like exhibits in a playfully prickly riff on the inauthentic, the massaged and the cagily appropriated when telling stories.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
Audra is armed with a pronounced case of logorrhea, an untamed curiosity, an ability to befriend almost anyone.
—The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 31 May 2017
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
circa 1892, in the meaning defined above
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“Logorrhea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logorrhea. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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Medical Definition
logorrhea
noun
log·or·rhea
variants
or chiefly British logorrhoea
: pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness that is characteristic especially of the manic phase of bipolar disorder
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