Timeline for Is 'verbiage' still considered to be insulting?
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| Jul 27, 2011 at 8:10 | comment | added | gm3dmo | In a crossword puzzle, Clue "Word Slaughter" answer: "Verbiage". | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 23:25 | comment | added | OghmaOsiris | I use it almost daily at work. It's become common in a professional setting for me. | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 22:31 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think you would struggle to find many written instances from the last 50 years where "verbiage" is not used in a derogatory sense. 100 years ago and more it was 'neutral', but gradually it's become conflated with the always derogatory "verbosity". | |
| Jul 26, 2011 at 22:19 | history | answered | Patrick87 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |