# verbal constipation

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Difficulty in expressing in words what one wants to say, especially if one has much to say.

## Etymology
By analogy with verbal diarrhoea.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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