Pronounced: BANG-stir, noun
Notes: I didn’t know this word, but it is related to other entries
Yesterday’s word
The word verbigeration is a term of psychiatry and is “the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases, usually indicating mental illness”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word took me aback a little, as I (for fun) will make up phrases at home. I believe that the mental illness is when one has no control over this. In any event, our word comes from the Latin word verbigerāre (to chat; to converse), which comes from verbum (word) and gerāre, a durative derivation of gerere (to carry on; transact).
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