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A.Word.A.Day--garrulous
garrulous (GAR-uh-luhs, GAR-yuh-) adjective 1. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. 2. Wordy and rambling. [From Latin garrulus, from garrire, to chatter.] "Hoeg, as the garrulous, intrusive narrator, has a gleeful time disorienting his characters." Brigitte Frase, Four Hundred Seventy Years of Solitude, Newsday, 15 Oct 1995. This week's theme: words not to put on a resume.
X-BonusThe mind cannot long act the role of the heart. -Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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