The tendency of making wordy statements that offer little substance, this term was based on the way that Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, spoke. Some feel that this type of speaking was a strategy in attempting to prevent an overreaction in the markets based on his remarks.
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