6 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1002/thumb/Mudkipz_verbose.jpg?1254033306 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolixity encyclopediadramatica.com/Verbose http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Overly+verbose http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1002/square/Mudkipz_verbose.jpg?1254033306 2009-09-27T06:35:07Z The English Language http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active fancy talk, verbose, language 32 <h2>About Verbosity</h2> <p>Verbosity, also known as prolixity or garrulousness is a noun, or word used as the name of a thing, that refers to an excessive, superfluous, even redundant amount of words employed in a manner which does nothing to convey a more accurate meaning; especially in cases where the meaning of the sentence could quite efficiently be conveyed using a much smaller amount or number of words.</p> <h2>The Verbose Meme</h2> <p>Verbosity appears in instances of many other memes; often with the subject of the meme wearing a top hat, monocle, and occasionally a cane; reminiscient of a late 19th century aristocrat.</p> <p>It is very similar to <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/medieval-macros-bayeux-tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a> in that it takes an existing meme or catchphrase, changes the language around a bit, and makes it into a joke upon a joke.</p> <p>Furthermore, when one chooses to use a verbose style of prose in one&#8217;s digitally altered images, these images stand in stark contrast to the typically inferior intentional disregard for spelling, grammar, and punctuation popularized by the dialect of lolspeak.</p> <p>Verbosity can even be found in certain itterations of <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youtube-poop">Youtube Poop</a> sector at one point:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wz_K1Gjrx8c&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wz_K1Gjrx8c&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEBjMHABciM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rEBjMHABciM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> 2009-11-06T08:01:38Z 1002 24 627 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1002/original/Mudkipz_verbose.jpg?1254033306