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Baitball Blogger

(52,398 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:49 PM Saturday

Help! It's late and I'm having a senior moment. What is the word that means

too much information? I am making up gibberish words that come close, but no banana. It's like extrampenarious, but it's not that at all.

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Help! It's late and I'm having a senior moment. What is the word that means (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Saturday OP
Overload? SheltieLover Saturday #1
TMI yellow dahlia Saturday #2
Extraneous? Ocelot II Saturday #3
Yup, thinking of that too. AloeVera Saturday #7
I'm thinking it's extraneous. Baitball Blogger Saturday #10
I don't know but they must be extraneous. Ocelot II Saturday #12
I call it naptime. littlemissmartypants Saturday #4
Sleep is the ultimate reset. OAITW r.2.0 Saturday #13
It's a scientific fact that sleep is good for the brain. littlemissmartypants Saturday #15
This message was self-deleted by its author yellow dahlia Saturday #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Ilikepurple Saturday #6
Plethora? Excess? Surplus? Deluge? Fiendish Thingy Saturday #8
Oversharing ( as in TMI)? hlthe2b Saturday #9
Extraneous. It was extraneous. Baitball Blogger Saturday #11
Yes extra-anus. That's the word. Doodley Saturday #14
That reminds me of a story. Turbineguy Saturday #16
An info blivet. LastDemocratInSC Saturday #17
extemporaneous? The sound is close, but not the meaning. Totally Tunsie Sunday #18
You may have solved the mystery. Baitball Blogger Sunday #19
LOL...I hate those "senior moments"! Totally Tunsie Sunday #20

Baitball Blogger

(52,398 posts)
10. I'm thinking it's extraneous.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:02 PM
Saturday

You win the thread.

Where did all the extra syllables come from?

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Response to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Turbineguy

(40,096 posts)
16. That reminds me of a story.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:34 PM
Saturday

At a funeral, the pastor asks somebody in the audience to say something.

A man stands up and says, "Plethora" and sits down.

The pastor says, "Thank you. That means a lot."

Totally Tunsie

(11,866 posts)
18. extemporaneous? The sound is close, but not the meaning.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:19 PM
Sunday

Definition:
adjective. done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu. an extemporaneous speech. previously planned but delivered with the help of few or no notes.

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