Word of the Day and Thursday Bonus Word

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

It's probably unnecessary by now to give instructions, but for anyone new... write a sentence or two using the word of the day and post it in the comments.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Logorrhea

[lȯ-gə-ˈrē-ə]Part of speech: noun

Origin: greek, early 20th century

• Uncontrollable talkativeness
• A tendency toward overly complex wordiness in speech or writing

Examples of Logorrhea in a sentence

• His speech started out strong, but devolved into incoherent logorrhea that was hard to follow.
• When writing a term paper, avoid unnecessary logorrhea and stick to the point.

The briefing was mind numbing as Illya and Napoleon tried to get past the logorrhea of the speaker's delivery.

About Logorrhea

A good editor can help any writer transform confusing logorrhea into something more coherent and easy to read. That’s a step in the writing process author Lucy Ellmann might have skipped — her 1,000-plus-page book “Ducks, Newburyport” is mostly one single sentence. Clearly she did something right, though: the novel is nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize for 2019.

Did you Know?

The Ancient Greek word logos means "word" or "utterance." It's also the root for English words like logo, logotype, and logolatry, the worship of words.

Thursday's Bonus Word

Rubiginous

[ro͞o-bij-ə-nəs]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: latin, 17th century

• Of a reddish-brown color, as rust
• Rusty or rusty-looking

Examples of Rubiginous in a sentence

• The rubiginous appearance of the metal pipes suggested they were old and should be replaced.
• We trekked across the hot, dry desert, our feet leaving prints in the rubiginous soil.

About Rubiginous

Something that's rubiginous has the reddish-brown color of rust, or may even be covered in actual rust. Rust is the result of a reaction between iron and oxygen combined with the presence of water or moisture. Eventually, given enough time, all iron will convert to rust and eventually disintegrate.

Did you Know?

Take another look at rubiginous — you might see part of a familiar word hidden inside it. Rubiginous shares Latin roots with another reddish word: ruby.

Comments

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

The new secretary's incessant chatter was nothing more than logorrhea to Illya. To Napoleon, it was like her brown eyes, and rubiginous hair. Utterly enchanting

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Utterly ... I think I want to hear Illya say rubiginous.

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Mr. Waverly was not fond of mission reports that were full of unnecessary logorrhea. As he filled his pipe, he wondered if it was Napoleon Solo or Illya Kuryakin who wrote "The THRUSH scientist, when confronted, dropped a beeker and became enveloped in a rubiginous cloud of chemical, which caused his demise."

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

That's a really good one!

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to start each sentence with "Mr. Waverly"...so far so good.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Illya challenged himself to keep his mission reports to a word limit of one hundred words rather than filling them with babbling logorrhea.
Solo was notorious for his drawn out reports, which after Kuryakin's editing, became more concise. Still he decided that by doing that he was enabling his partner; Napoleon could become a bit rubiginous. For that reason Illya decided Solo would have to do his reports, going forward. Kuryakin smiled to himself, wondering how long that would last.