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She seemed resolutely on message, quoting Ronald Reagan with such frequency that it almost bordered on being a verbal tic.

It's a telling tic that we often use "urban" as a synonym for "black."

But never mind; I cal'late this p'tic'lar pup won't bite; I've pulled his teeth, I guess.

Ornithoman′tic; Ornithoph′ilous, bird-fertilised; Or′nithopod, Ornithop′odous, having feet like a bird.

Periphras′tic, -al, containing or expressed by periphrasis or circumlocution.

Plethore′tic, Plethor′ic, -al, afflicted with plethora: superabundant: turgid.

Porismat′ic, -al; Poris′tic, -al, reducing a determinate problem to an indeterminate.