Logorrhea
Logorrheais aspeech disorder.It is apsychologicaldisorder where a person speaks continuously ingibberishor makes no real sense. It is a sign of an underlyingmental disorderand needspsychiatricattention.
Logorrhea happens in many differentpsychiatricandneurologicalconditions. Some of these areglossolalia,schizophrenia,bipolar disorder,andschizoaffective disorder.
The term is sometimes used to talk about someone who is just very talkative. This is meant as a funny joke.
In popular culture
[change|change source]ThedramaticmonologueNot IbySamuel Beckettis an example of logorrhea. So is Lucky's speech in the playWaiting for Godot.
In the 1999 E.W. ScrippsNational Spelling Bee,the spelling bee champion Nupur Lala won with the word logorrhea. Then a documentary,Spellbound,was made about the spelling bee.