LOQUACIOUS
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:41 pm
This came is second in the Bulwer Lytton contest
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see here"I know what you're thinking, punk," hissed Wordy Harry to his new editor, "you're thinking, 'Did he use six superfluous adjectives or only five?' - and to tell the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement; but being as this is English, the most powerful language in the world, whose subtle nuances will blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' - well do you, punk?" (Stuart Vasepuru, Edinburgh, Scotland)
but then garrulous. is nice too.lo·qua·cious (l-kwshs)
adj.
Very talkative; garrulous.
[From Latin loqux, loquc-, from loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
lo·quacious·ly adv.
lo·quacious·ness, lo·quaci·ty (l-kws-t) n.
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. loquacious - full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"
chatty, gabby, garrulous, talkative, talky
voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
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