Circumlocution

CIRCUMLOCUTION Today’s problems seem insoluble, For empty talk is often voluble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOTE: These two simple sentences, recently overheard in the following way. I stand to be corrected, but in the world as we know it, in the present day and age in which we live, the problems seem insoluble, for want of a better phrase. No doubt there are those who would contradict me when I say that perhaps the main problem could be stated bluntly but succinctly as - many people saying little but being loudly talkative.