LONGTALK, LONGTALKING

The act of using a lot more words than necessary to get something said. Commonly heard when politicians speak or when parents scold children. Example: Mom: Go to your room. I mean it. At the present moment! Billy: Mom, why not just say Now, instead of using longtalk? Mom: Don't you backtalk me, William Jefferson Clinton. | Politicians, as a matter of habit, frequently use longtalk day in and day out in conjunction with obfuscation and polysyllabic words to make it possible for them to dilly dally around about where they stand on controversial issues that may be the subject of debates or other arguments among the voting public who may or may not show up at the polls on election day....