VOLUBLOUS

I learned a new word today from a colleague - voluble. Checking the dictionary and thesaurus, it means vociferous, fluent, articulate, etc...

Derived from voluble is a new word I'm going to add to my vocabulary - volublous. No, this derivative word doesn't exist yet and you won't find it in any dictionary. So what does it mean?

Volublous = Voluble + "xxx"ous, eg
Volublous = Voluble + Glamorous, or
Volublous = Voluble + Envious, or
Volublous = Voluble + Ridicuous ...you get the meaning

I personally think it's a wonderful word to use. For example, when you see the Datin's and Puan Sri's having coffee with rocks on their fingers the size of your ipod earphones and they start talking loudly about their husbands' achievement and how well their children are excelling in school - you don't have to give them the stare - it's practically normal for them to talk that way, they are just being Volublous.

Of, if you ever meet one of those people who can't stop complaining (in a fake foreign accent too) about how bad your/the service is, how shopping overseas is much better than in KL, etc etc - again, you don't have to give them the stare or the finger...just say loudly behind them "I'm amazed, I've never met somebody so Volublous in my entire life".

Don't get me wrong, Volublous can also be used in a positive manner, such as, when you admire a colleague or a friend who can manage to talk their way out of problems/doing work, or convince the traffic cops not to give them a summons (although they were driving 120 in a 70 zone), they are just (altogether now...what's that word) ....Volublous