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OALD defines verbiage as

[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
the use of too many words, or of more difficult words than are needed, to express an idea

Wiktionary's verbiage entry notes an alternative definition

(2) (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words

but points out that another way of saying this, like "diction" or "phrasing", may be better if you want to avoid the pejorative connotation of the main definition.

It seems that plenty of people have the same question, wondering if verbiage refers just to words or phrasing:

Nevertheless, we often hear and read such expressions as “too much verbiage,” “excess verbiage,” and “excessive verbiage.” Perhaps the writers of these expressions have the second definition in mind.

As a speaker of American English, I'd agree with Wiktionary that verbiage alone still carries the connotation of lots of words, but to me it doesn't say strongly how you feel about those bunches of words. That would explain why I've never been surprised to see excessive verbiage — the addition of "excessive" makes it more clear that you don't want those extra words.

Jap is still considered an offensive term in the US. From personal experience, I remember an afternoon in public school where a classmate used the word "Jap" and was scolded by the teacher. The well-cited Wikipedia entry on the term supports this:

Today it is generally regarded as an ethnic slur among Japanese minority populations in other countries, although English-speaking countries differ in the degree to which they consider the term offensive. In the United States, Japanese Americans have come to find the term controversial or offensive, even when used as an abbreviation.

Additionally, there's evidence that the term can be controversial in the UK specifically. Again from the Wikipedia:

In 2011, following the term's offhand use in a March 26 article appearing in The Spectator ("white-coated Jap bloke"), the Minister of the Japanese Embassy in London protested that "most Japanese people find the word ‘Jap’ offensive, irrespective of the circumstances in which it is used."

Perhaps it goes without saying, but the term is considered offensive due to its usage by Americans during WWII. (Before the war it was not considered offensive.) Once more from the Wikipedia entry on the term:

Later popularized during World War II to describe those of Japanese descent, "Jap" was then commonly used in newspaper headlines to refer to the Japanese and Imperial Japan. "Jap" became a derogatory term during the war, more so than "Nip." Veteran and author Paul Fussell explains the usefulness of the word during the war for creating effective propaganda by saying that "Japs" "was a brisk monosyllable handy for slogans like 'Rap the Jap' or 'Let's Blast the Jap Clean Off the Map.'"