diarrhea of the mouth
Uncontrollable excessive talking
Diarrhea of the mouth is excessive, uncontrolled talking—speech that flows out as if the speaker can't stop it.
The image is crude but vivid: verbal output that should be held back but isn't.
Often implies the talk is pointless, inappropriate, or revealing things better left unsaid: Once he starts drinking, he gets diarrhea of the mouth.
- volubilityExcessive verbal output
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- oversharingRevealing too much personally
- witteringRambling trivial talk
- gift of gabNatural speaking ability
logorrhea · blabber · word vomit · clack · overcommunication · garrulousness · tactlessness · blathering · impulsiveness · prolixity · loquacity · yap · verbosity · jabber · prattle · loose lips · yammer · ramble
diarrhea of the mouthsilence
Total lack of sound
taciturnity · muteness · reticence · quietness · terseness
diarrhea of the mouthmeasured speech
Carefully controlled verbal expression
careful wording · concision · economy of words · brevity · pithiness
diarrhea of the mouthdiscretion
Careful judgment in speech
keeping mum · confidentiality · secrecy · keeping secrets · sealed lips
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