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A.Word.A.Day--verbalist

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verbalist (VUR-buh-list) noun

1. One skilled in the use of words.

2. One who favors words over ideas or substance.

"Though not the most skilled verbalist on the mike. Pac forcefully spoke words of substance and wisdom with each breath." Dwayne Nelson, A Black `Soulja's Story': Tupac's Life And Death, New Pittsburgh Courier, 27 Nov 1996.

This week's theme: words about words.

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