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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>verbage</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../V.html" title="V"/><link rel="previous" href="Venus-flytrap.html" title="Venus flytrap"/><link rel="next" href="verbiage.html" title="verbiage"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">verbage</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Venus-flytrap.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">V</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="verbiage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="verbage"/><dt xmlns="" id="verbage"><b>verbage</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/ver´b@j/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A deliberate misspelling and mispronunciation of
<a href="verbiage.html"><i class="glossterm">verbiage</i></a> that assimilates it to the word
&#8216;garbage&#8217;. Compare <a href="../C/content-free.html"><i class="glossterm">content-free</i></a>. More
pejorative than &#8216;verbiage&#8217;.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Venus-flytrap.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../V.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="verbiage.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Venus flytrap </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> verbiage</td></tr></table></div></body></html>