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DEFINITION: A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly through long explications, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say.
Verboticisms
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Yawnyacker
Created by: logorrhoea
Pronunciation: yawn-yak-er
Sentence: Bill is such a yawnyacker - people have been known to commit suicide rather than wait for him to stop talking.
Etymology: yawn + yack (persistent annoying chatter)
Turtell
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: tur-tell
Sentence: Bob was a true turtell. He was so slowquacious that by the time he yelled "Fire!", the garage was nothing but a pile of smoldering embers.
Etymology: turtle, tell
Monotologue
Created by: Neej13
Pronunciation: Mo-not-a-log
Sentence: The politician was a true monotologue, the perfect one to fillibuster the bill.
Etymology: monotony + monologue
Dulsertation
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: DUL - ser - tation
Sentence: Arnie's dullsertation on the chemical compounds used to make modern deodorant was more lethal than his body odor.
Etymology: dull + dissertation
Talkoner
Created by: leogd
Pronunciation: tawk on er
Sentence: he's a real talkoner
Etymology:
Windlag
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: WIND-lag
Sentence: By now I knew the directions, but the windlag wouldn't stop telling me where to find the on-ramp.
Etymology: wingbag + lag
Orabore
Created by: jpmikkers
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
thanks. - jpmikkers, 2007-08-28: 17:10:00
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Dallygabber
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dal/ly/gab/ber
Sentence: Frank was a classic dallygabber who three minutes to say what most people could in thirty seconds.
Etymology: dally + gab + gabber
Loquaster
Created by: plan9
Pronunciation: low+qway+ster
Sentence: A true loquaster, Bob never failed to use 1,000 words spoken slowly when 100 uttered quickly would do.
Etymology: loquacious + waster
Slowworder
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have no time to discuss with such a slowworder
Etymology:
Comments:
DrHarvey - 2007-08-28: 09:37:00
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