I found this word just today and thought it may be particularly useful when I stick myself into the world of subbing as a real, full-time, paid job.
Longiloquence
Long-ih-low-kwen-ce; noun; a long-winded way of saying things.
When I was practicing subbing in my journalism lessons, I would be given old pieces of student work and pieces by the lower years (suckers). It’s quite interesting to see how people’s styles change over time, in particular how much more descriptive the classes seem to write the newer they are.
My task was to take the pieces of work and a pre-set layout, and make it all fit. The problem with doing this is that you also have to neaten up the copy, sometimes having to delete chunks of text because it’s full of longiloquence. While it’s wonderful to be able to write things in so much detail, in news writing it’s often unnecessary and needs to be chopped down.
Hurrah for useful words!