What is Logorrhea?
'''Logorrhea''' is a [[speech disorder]]. It is a [[psychological]] disorder where a person speaks continuously in [[wikt:gibberish|gibberish]] or makes no real sense. It is a sign of an underlying [[mental disorder]] and needs [[psychiatric]] attention. Logorrhea happens in many different [[Mental illness|psychiatric]] and [[neurology|neurological]] conditions. Some of these are [[glossolalia]], [[schizophrenia]], [[bipolar disorder]], and [[schizoaffective disorder]]. The term is sometimes used to talk about someone who is just very talkative. This is meant as a funny joke. == In popular culture == The [[drama|dramatic]] [[monologue]] ''Not I'' by [[Samuel Beckett]] is an example of logorrhea. So is Lucky's speech in the play ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''. In the 1999 E.W. Scripps [[National Spelling Bee]], the spelling bee champion Nupur Lala won with the word logorrhea. Then a documentary, ''[[Spellbound (2002 film)|Spellbound]],'' was made about the spelling bee. == Related pages == *[[Word salad]] [[Category:Mental illnesses]] [[Category:Disorders]] [[Category:Human communication]]