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【整理】2013-04-16 How to Use a Word
编者：cristianjey
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Transcript.
The Word of the Day for April 16th is verbiage, spelled V-E-R-B-I-A-G-E.
Verbiage is a noun that means a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content. It can also mean manner of
expressing oneself in words or diction. Here is the word used from an article by Richard F. Buz Williams in The
Daily Courier of Prescott, Arizona.
"With legislation being so protracted and containing so much confusing verbiage, is it any wonder that Congress's
approval rating is currently around 15 percent?"
The word "verbiage" descends from the Middle French word "verbier" meaning "to chatter," itself an offspring of
"werbler," an Old French word meaning "to trill." The usual sense of the word implies an overabundance of
possibly unnecessary words. It is similar to "wordiness," except that it stresses the superfluous words themselves
more than the quality that produces them. In other words, a writer with a fondness for "verbiage" might be accused
of "wordiness." Some people think the phrase "excess verbiage" is redundant, but that's not necessarily true. In the
early 19th century, "verbiage" developed a second sense meaning, simply, "wording," with no suggestion of
excess. This second definition has sometimes been treated as an error by people who insist that "verbiage" must
always imply excessiveness, but that sense is well-established and can be considered standard.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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