verbiage (plural verbiages) 1. Overabundance of words 2. (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words Using the second definition, this quote makes

verbiage (plural verbiages) 1. Overabundance of words 2. (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words Using the second definition, this quote makes sense only with the inclusion of "excess". [1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbiage http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbiage