verbiage
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bi noun
1.
overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
2.
manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity |
| 2. | rare diction; wording |
| [C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum] | |
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Verbiage
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
verbiage
1721, from Fr. verbiage "wordiness" (17c.), from M.Fr. verbier "to chatter," from O.Fr. verbe "word," from L. verbum "word" (see verb).
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Slang Dictionary
verbiage
n. When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream `verbiage' to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject.
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verbiage definition
When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream "verbiage" to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject.
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Example sentences
But, of course, this wordy reason can't stand on its own verbiage.
No amount of verbiage will substantiate the unsubstantiated.
Some verbiage contained in this notice is extracted from the previously mentioned rule.
The verbiage devoted to the denigration of spell check could fill a dictionary.
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