I'm looking for a single-word term that describes a personality that wants to give out too many unnecessary details in a conversation.
[EDIT] Let me give you guys an example.
Suppose you ask your friend, at what time will he reach your place?
Instead of saying it directly, he wanders off track by regurgitating unnecessary details
like "I'd be catching the bus at 10, then I'll reach place X by this time, then I'll take another bus to your place, and maybe I'll arrive by 12".
Is it circumlocution?
Best Answer
I once knew a fellow who was prone to this specific fault. He wasn't a "circumlocutor," as that would mean a person who "talks around" a topic without coming to the point. Rather, this person would trail off into arabesques of detail that were unneeded (and unwanted). Let me give you an example:
And in this, I believe that English suffers from a fault in that we do not have a precise word for a person who talks this way. We could coin "digressor," perhaps.