Verbiage

   Verbiage: The dictionary defines this word as "An excess of words that adds little or nothing to the meaning." For example, like such: possibly, you could, I don’t know, maybe, perhaps, like, just possibly say this a lot simpler. I am reminded of the California valley girl whose mouth can move at 50 miles per hour, and who still hasn’t said anything intelligent. This scenario could be a little incorrect, because I was probably playing my Gameboy anyway. But really, why don't we eliminate the verbiage from our lives. It has got to be in some way related to cancer of the ears. All that excess wordage probably damages your cochlear cells leading to deafness and ultimately death. Other symptoms include headaches, word infections of the ear, and unintelligent speech, aka babbling. To be entirely honest, I can handle this most of the time, and I wouldn’t say that as I am walking down the hallway, I want to crush the voice box of every person whose jaw is moving and words are coming out in no real important order “seafood telescope, pineapple upside-down cake, frisbee, raintree, smokehouse, FIRE! . . .” To be honest, I only really hate it when I am forced to listen. That is when verbiage causes me pain.