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05/06/2001 20:11:09
Cindy Winegarden
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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>>Seems like I earn this title again in all categories :)
>
>Nadya,
>
>Perhaps you don't know much about the English word "verbose" but it's _not_ a good thing.
>
>From http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=wordy :
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>"wordy adj 1: use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious" [syn: redundant] 2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy]"

Thanks, Cindy. I saw this term in Mike Y post about me and decided to use it without checking in the dictionary. I was trying to be ironic :)
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