long-windedness (when referring to speech or writing); using too many words; tediously lengthy
Chipster
@dachipster.bsky.social
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Do you edit as you go, or wait until the whole thing is done?
This is my first novel, and I find myself re-editing earlier chapters as I go, but only for continuity. At the end I’ll edit down, too, because I’m leaving the prolixity in for now.
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Sten Hansson
@stenhansson.bsky.social
Calculated overcommunication:
Strategic uses of prolixity, irrelevance, and repetition in administrative language
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Noah Madoff
@noahmadoff.bsky.social
law and economics: we moderns, men of science, will boldly cut a path through the prolixity and irrationality of anglo-american law
also law and economics: did you know the common law is efficient?
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