verbiage
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- overabundance of wordsSynonyms: verbalism
- the manner in which something is expressed in words“use concise military verbiage — G.S.Patton”Synonyms: wordingdictionphrasingphraseologychoice of words
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Verbiage \Ver"bi*age\ (?; 48), n. [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb.] The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. [1913 Webster]
Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
This barren verbiage current among men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
verbiage
<jargon> documentation, especially documentation that is verbose and/or obscure as in the common meaning of the term. [Jargon File]
(2011-12-21)
The Jargon File
verbiage n.
When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream ‘verbiage’ to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject.