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| v. To state as truth although no proved or before proof; to give as a reason or excuse |
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| n. A brief story that is humorous or unusally interesting; often biographical |
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| v. To pronounce clearly and distinctly; to state effectively; to arrange in a systematic whole, as in articulating a music program throughout the school |
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| n. Playful, light (often humorous) talk or banter |
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| n. Ambiguity arising from a word or phrase that may be interpreted two ways, one often risquè |
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| n. A brief, typically witty saying that expresses much in few words |
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| n. The study of the earliest beginnings of words and idioms and their language histories |
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| adj. Talkative to an annoying degree, boringly loquacious |
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| v. To speak with grate speed, little thought, and almost zero clarity; to gabble, chatter; origin uncertain |
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| n. Difference in loudness or pitch of the voice; the spelling change of words to show plurality, possession, tense, gender, voice, case or mood |
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| n. The use of words to convey a meaning other than (often opposite to) the literal meaning; ironic expression that implies the opposite of what is said; an outcome or result just the opposite of what would be expected |
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| adj. Using as few words as possible, concise almost to the point of rudeness. |
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| n. From Mrs Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's The Rivals, a humorous misuse of words, putting a similar-sounding word in place of the correct one. |
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| n. One who tells stories or jokes with exceptional skill |
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| n. A quick verbal retort; any retaliatory thrust, as the fencer's rapid return to a thrust following a parry |
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| n. The unnecessary repetition of words, ideas, statements, as in 'young kitten' |
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| adj. Overused to the point of staleness; lacking freshness and originality |
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