Timeline for Expression for talking pseudo-smart, but not saying something of value? [duplicate]
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| Jul 18, 2017 at 14:01 | history | closed |
Mari-Lou A Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ ab2 Davo Chris H |
Duplicate of What is a word to describe inefficient communication? | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 18:12 | vote | accept | Gere | ||
| Jul 16, 2017 at 12:28 | history | edited | Gere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 166 characters in body
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| Jul 16, 2017 at 8:59 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 10, 2015 at 22:29 | answer | added | wallyk | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 21:20 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 12:51 | comment | added | Gere | The answer might be more than a verb, but the point is we are looking at woffling with little content. The previous question was more about a single sentence being void. I don't get the "verb" statement from guifa, but his example is the right direction. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 12:25 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @guifa We're looking for a verb? Who is this 'we' (it sounds singular to me).OP adds the suggestion-to-be-improved-upon-if-possible "mental masturbation", which I'll think you might agree is not a verb. The answers at the previous question can in the main (or even must) be applied to the manner of speaking rather than just a particular sentence. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 7:51 | history | edited | Gere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
explained why it's not the duplicate where the question is about a sentence only.
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| Dec 10, 2015 at 6:10 | comment | added | user0721090601 | @EdwinAshworth that one was looking for a word (noun/adj) to describe the sentence, here we're looking for an expression of the use (verb). For example, "to talk out of one's ass" works as a potential answer here, but doesn't work for the potential duplicate. | |
| Dec 10, 2015 at 0:28 | comment | added | Cargill | Rhetoric and sophistry can both be used in a negative (disparaging) sense to describe this. In some contexts "spin" is appropriate as well. | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 23:18 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 9, 2015 at 22:42 | comment | added | Brian Donovan | As the vaqueros say, Beware of the bull of the pompous. | |
| Dec 9, 2015 at 22:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 9, 2015 at 22:35 | history | asked | Gere | CC BY-SA 3.0 |