I am looking for a derogatory word or short phrase to describe unconcise texts or the process of their creation, i.e., the text is redundant, overcomplicated and filled with irrelevant details or trivialities. The text is however not necessarily unstructured, entirely irrelevant or nonsensical.
The word should be applicable to written texts though it does not need to be restricted to them.
I expect such a term to exist, since German has many words for this (labern, schwafeln, …) – the suggested translations of which do not satisfy me, however, as they seem to be mainly about other negative aspects or spoken language or not derogatory.
Best Answer
Pace Dan Bron, the obvious word is waffle:
This may be related to the German schwafeln, I suppose. It fits your description of "redundant, overcomplicated and filled with irrelevant details or trivialities." There is a verb waffle as well, which means to produce waffle.