1
expletive
1
exuberance
1
figure of speech(expression, idiom)
1
garrulousness
1
gassiness(noun, roundabout, wordiness)
1
indirect speech(noun, expression, roundabout, wordiness)
1
indirection
1
indirectness(noun, roundabout, wordiness)
1
loquacity(repetition, waffle, wordiness, verbosity)
1
macrology(repetition, profusion, overabundance, superabundance)
1
malapropism
1
metaphor
1
simile
1
speech
1
verbal effusion
1
verbal evasion(noun, expression, roundabout, wordiness)
1
verbality(noun, roundabout, wordiness)
0
ambiguity
0
attrition(repetition, profusion, overabundance, superabundance)
0
battology
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