battologize means to keep repeating needlessly; to iterate. It carries an Arena rating of 1655, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, battologize ranks #534 of 13,223 for The Improbable, #861 of 13,223 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #1,635 of 13,223 for Funniest Words, #1,669 of 13,223 for Most Storied Words.
Why “battologize” is a great word
To repeat words, phrases, or ideas needlessly and to a tiresome degree. From battology (from Ancient Greek βαττολογία (battología, "stammering, stuttering speech, needless repetition")) + the English verbal suffix -ize. First recorded in English 1625–35. Unlike iterate, which repeats for clarity or procedure, or reiterate, which stresses a point with purpose, to battologize is to grind meaning into dust through compulsive, hollow circling. It is the droning insistence of a politician’s stump speech, the colleague recounting the same anecdote with identical inflection, the maddening echo of an advertising jingle that colonizes the silent mind—a testament to the human capacity to mistake mere sound for substance.
Etymology
From battology + -ize.
verb
- To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.“after they have battologized Lla y-lala, or Hilula, i.e. Praises, they iterate another to this effect”
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