the.com/rambling
Thoughts taking the scenic route with no intention of arriving anywhere.
means Talking or writing in a long, winding way that drifts from topic to topic without a clear destination.
from From 'ramble,' which first meant to wander about on foot, roam without a set path — possibly linked to Middle Dutch 'rammelen,' used of animals roaming restlessly, especially in heat. The physical sense of wandering came first; the talking-in-circles sense followed naturally, your feet and your sentences both forgetting where they meant to go.
- origin
- from ramble, once meant wandering physically, not verbally
- brain mode
- default network activates, the same one used in daydreaming
- editors hate it
- one unedited thought can hide three good ones
- charm factor
- endearing in friends, exhausting in meetings