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Baitball Blogger

(52,686 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:49 PM Apr 4

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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 Apr 4 OP

Overload? SheltieLover Apr 4 #1

TMI yellow dahlia Apr 4 #2

Extraneous? Ocelot II Apr 4 #3

Yup, thinking of that too. AloeVera Apr 4 #7

I'm thinking it's extraneous. Baitball Blogger Apr 4 #10

I don't know but they must be extraneous. Ocelot II Apr 4 #12

I call it naptime. littlemissmartypants Apr 4 #4

Sleep is the ultimate reset. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 4 #13

It's a scientific fact that sleep is good for the brain. littlemissmartypants Apr 4 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author yellow dahlia Apr 4 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Ilikepurple Apr 4 #6

Plethora? Excess? Surplus? Deluge? Fiendish Thingy Apr 4 #8

Oversharing ( as in TMI)? hlthe2b Apr 4 #9

Extraneous. It was extraneous. Baitball Blogger Apr 4 #11

Yes extra-anus. That's the word. Doodley Apr 4 #14

That reminds me of a story. Turbineguy Apr 4 #16

An info blivet. LastDemocratInSC Apr 4 #17

extemporaneous? The sound is close, but not the meaning. Totally Tunsie Apr 5 #18

You may have solved the mystery. Baitball Blogger Apr 5 #19

LOL...I hate those "senior moments"! Totally Tunsie Apr 5 #20

SheltieLover

(81,558 posts)

1. Overload?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:50 PM

Apr 4

yellow dahlia

(6,395 posts)

2. TMI

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:52 PM

Apr 4

Ocelot II

(131,130 posts)

3. Extraneous?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:52 PM

Apr 4

AloeVera

(4,371 posts)

7. Yup, thinking of that too.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:56 PM

Apr 4

Baitball Blogger

(52,686 posts)

10. I'm thinking it's extraneous.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:02 PM

Apr 4

You win the thread.

Where did all the extra syllables come from?

Ocelot II

(131,130 posts)

12. I don't know but they must be extraneous.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #10)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:10 PM

Apr 4

littlemissmartypants

(34,243 posts)

4. I call it naptime.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:54 PM

Apr 4

OAITW r.2.0

(32,501 posts)

13. Sleep is the ultimate reset.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:11 PM

Apr 4

littlemissmartypants

(34,243 posts)

15. It's a scientific fact that sleep is good for the brain.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:19 PM

Apr 4

❤️

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yellow dahlia This message was self-deleted by its author.

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Ilikepurple This message was self-deleted by its author.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,921 posts)

8. Plethora? Excess? Surplus? Deluge?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:56 PM

Apr 4

You’re welcome,
Fiendish Thesaurus

hlthe2b

(114,509 posts)

9. Oversharing ( as in TMI)?

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 10:57 PM

Apr 4

Baitball Blogger

(52,686 posts)

11. Extraneous. It was extraneous.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:03 PM

Apr 4

DUers to the rescue.

Doodley

(12,053 posts)

14. Yes extra-anus. That's the word.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:14 PM

Apr 4

Turbineguy

(40,191 posts)

16. That reminds me of a story.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:34 PM

Apr 4

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."

LastDemocratInSC

(4,246 posts)

17. An info blivet.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:46 PM

Apr 4

Totally Tunsie

(11,983 posts)

18. extemporaneous? The sound is close, but not the meaning.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:19 PM

Apr 5

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.

Baitball Blogger

(52,686 posts)

19. You may have solved the mystery.

Reply to Totally Tunsie (Reply #18)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 09:55 PM

Apr 5

My brain synapsis must have crossed.

Totally Tunsie

(11,983 posts)

20. LOL...I hate those "senior moments"!

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #19)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 10:15 PM

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