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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In pathology, the continual utterance of certain words or phrases, repeated at short intervals, without any reference to their meaning.

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  1. n. An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

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  1. From Latin verbigerātus, past participle of verbigerāre, to chat, dispute, from *verbiger, carrying words : verbum, word; see verb + gerere, to carry. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • nickmiller Example from a recent meeting: 'the pathway we were on has already been achieved, so I'm mildly confused... the parameters and principles sit beneath that'. May 7, 2007

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