Found a word to describe my mom. I swear, she talks so much it's like she's narrating her life for the rest of us.

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Found a word to describe my mom. I swear, she talks so much it's like she's narrating her life for the rest of us.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/2016/02/27

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Julie Hayward said…
Jason ON​ do we have the same mom? LOL
February 27, 2016 at 9:27 AM
John Bump said…
My grandmother does that: pretty much continuous narrative even when (I've found when she was out in the garden) there is nobody actually there to hear.  In her case it appears to be a neurosis caused by childhood abuse and neglect.  (In and out of orphanages when her mother was in/out of what were then called insane asylums.)
February 27, 2016 at 1:09 PM
Jason ON said…
It's so very annoying. She (my mom) talks just to talk. She can't handle silence or anyone around her not actively engaging her. I've tried to be nice to her and let her know I'm busy, tried to be firm with her and tell her I don't have time to talk and now I"m just up to the ignoring stage. So, naturally, she thinks I'm a jerk who hates her.
February 27, 2016 at 6:15 PM
Jason Bayton said…
Standard term over here :)

"Off to Jim's for a natter and brew"
February 28, 2016 at 1:29 AM
Jason ON said…
seem to remember it being a prominent word in early childhood fairy tales and whatnot, but I can't recall having heard it in real life conversation in, well, ever.
March 1, 2016 at 2:06 PM
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