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Words Talk Talk—It’s Quantity Object The Repetitiousness Phrase Rephrase

知识 They talk and talk and talk—it’s not so much the quantity you object to as the repetitiousness. They phrase, rephrase, and re-rephrase their thoughts—using far more words than necessary, overwhelming you with words, drowning you with them, until your only thought is how to escape, or maybe how to die.

The adjective: verbose
《》 words, words, words!
出处 Word Power Made Ease SESSION 24

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