Is verbiage a real word?

Answer 1

Main Entry:verbiage
Pronunciation:*v*r-b*-ij also -bij
Function:noun
Etymology:French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, from verbe speech, from Latin verbum word
Date:circa 1721

1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content *such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform Marcia Davenport*
2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : DICTION *sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously R.A. Sokolov*

Answer 2

ver·bi·age ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vûrb-j, -bj)
n.
An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness.
The manner in which something is expressed in words: software verbiage.
verbiage

verbiage was Word of the Day on August 6, 1999

verbiage

n 1: overabundance of words 2: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words]

When the context involves a software or hardware system, this
refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations
of mainstream "verbiage" to suggest that the documentation is
of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production
have little to do with the ostensible subject.

so yes VERBIAGE is a word:)

Answer 3

Yes, it is.

Pronunciation: 'v&r-bE-ij also -bij
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, from verbe speech, from Latin verbum word
1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : DICTION

Answer 4

Yes.

Verbiage \Ver"bi*age\ (?; 48), n. [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a
word. See Verb.]
The use of many words without necessity, or with little
sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
[1913 Webster]

Answer 5

verbiage \VUR-bee-ij\, noun:
1. An overabundance of words; wordiness.
2. Manner or style of expression; diction

Answer 6

Yes, I use it all the time at work. It's what we call a small paragraph of words, like an ad for a home.

Answer 7

Yes it is.
Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, from verbe speech, from Latin verbum word

Answer 8

UGGGGGHHHH! I can't believe that word. It makes me sick. My boss uses it all the time. "Verbiage"....everytime I here that I want to tell him to Zip It! (that's nice languge for all you Yahoo! folks).

Answer 9

Yep, sure is. Basically it means an excess of words. But, then again, sometimes a person HAS to use a lotta words to get their point across! =)

Answer 10

yes