Thursday, May 23, 2013

word of the day: logorrhea

The word of the day is logorrhea:


Etymology:  < Greek λόγος word + ῥοία flow, stream (probably after diarrhœa n.).
Excessive volubility accompanying some forms of mental illness; also gen., an excessive flow of words, prolixity.  (OED)


"To be honest, the film is a whiney and logorrheic mess until Stark, after a couple of misadventures, finds himself in Tennessee, just before Christmas, hauling a broken Iron Man suit through the snow like a toboggan."

 - Anthony Lane, "Battle weary: 'Iron Man 3' and 'Something in the Air'", 6 May 2013 The New Yorker

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