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May 30, 2008 09:51

garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus\ adjective
1 : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
*2 : wordy

Example sentence:
With a few judicious revisions, a good editor can often transform garrulous writing into elegant prose.

I edit for a living, yet self-editing eludes me... .
Such is life.
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