Verbiage
noun
1.
overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
2.
manner or style of expressing something in words; wording:
a manual of official verbiage.
noun
1.
the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity
2.
(rare) diction; wording
When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream “verbiage” to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject.
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