word salad

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Meaning

(psychiatry) A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders.

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An intentionally nonsensical and voluminous statement.

word-salad (countable and uncountable, plural word-salads)

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A patient with Wernicke's aphasia can and may speak a great deal, but he or she confuses sound characteristics, producing " word salad " in extreme cases: intelligible words that appear to be strung together randomly. Source: Internet

But in Thailand, the word salad has so many different meanings—some salads even resemble soups. Source: Internet

Dietl's reply, as the Gawker post notes, is war-porn word salad -- but the point he makes is clear enough. Source: Internet

Most agents aren't adept at handing out off-the-cuff statements, as Agent Combs's "harass our efforts on trying to find justice" word salad can attest. Source: Internet

I said "specifically" to avoid the word salad of catchphrases. Source: Internet

In the severe form speech becomes incomprehensible and it is known as " word salad ". Source: Internet

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