circumlocution yummyC this word means, like, when you use a bunch of words, when you only need to use a little bit of the words, and so really you're desribing something or trying to get a point across and you could've used way fewer words than you actually did. its that. or... the use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few. 010709 ... sarpedon Dance, dance Let those words fly and drizzle Around the grassy plains I caught one phrase: It nearly darted from my grasp But now captured, where's the meaning? I think this hailstorm of words Leaves one pristine area, That you dare not touch. Alas, I'm lost for words 010709 ... the_engineer what's in a meaning if there are too many words ? 030115 ... somebody brevity seldom coincides with precision 060702 what's it to you? who go blather from