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In the mental health field, word salad (originally from a German Wortsalat) is used to describe a effect of confused, & typically repetitive, language that is diagnostic of various mental illnesses. These are commonly associated by having the manic presentation and more illness of good mental illnesses, such as psychoses. It describes a apparently confused usage of words with there are no apparent meaning or even relationship bonded to the two. Therein context, these are considered to become the effect of the formal thought disorder. One of a thomas more noted one disorders is Tourette syndrome although the usual hypomanic illness come declarative mood of Bi-Polar Disorder, but inside the few legal actions word salad can be a sign a asymtomatic Schizophrenic disorder. e.g. a wonder "Why do people believe in God?" elicits the response rather "Because he makes a twirl in life, my box is broken help me blue elephant. Isn't lettuce brave? I like electrons, hello." A character Homsar in the animated cartoon series Homestar Runner is known for indefinitely speaking in word salads, when come members of the Xaositect faction of the Planescape setting of the Dungeons & Dragons game.
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