Word for a person who talks without content

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What is a word for a person who reiterates without adding any new content? (This person is not necessarily talkative per se.) Example of a conversation by such a person would be:

"You know if we do this xyz, it will be good. No one has done xyz so it is going to be great if we finish xyz, I don't think anyone has done this.  By summer if this is done then we can send xyz, of course we have to do it before and it's gonna be great and we have to keep doing xyz unless someone will do it, but no one has done it yet, it is going to be great if we do xyz."

It is not overzeal; it is just my example which came out to be like this.

Dog Lover · Answer

Not sure if it's what you're after, but you could try "rambler".

ramble

to talk or write in an aimless way.
  (of speech, writing) to lack organisation.

Andy Fielding · Answer

Rambler is good for someone who goes on and on, but at a normal pace and without indications of anxiety.

I get the feeling that the speaker in the example is nervous—that they're going on and on because they don't think they've been clear, or that their audience needs more convincing, or that they just can't relax (too much coffee?). I'd call such a person a compulsive talker, or, in a less-kind way, a babbler.

alexis · Answer

If you want something colorful, for someone who does talk a lot, go with chatterbox. For someone who just uses a lot of words to say what they're saying, how about long-winded.

kumarharsh · Answer

Gasbag (slang) - A person whose talks are devoid of content, i.e., gaseous.

TFD - One given to empty or boastful talk.

Sobrique · Answer

I would offer blatherskate or blatherskite :

A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

KingBOB · Answer

Redundant: 
characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas.

Wayfaring Stranger · Answer

Blatherer

blather at Merriam Webster:

to talk foolishly at length —often used with on : Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blōdern to chatter
  First Known Use: 1524

Blatherer at Collins:

someone who blathers

Joe · Answer

An alternative option would be a duck / duckspeaker (coined by George Orwell in 1984):

Thoughtless or formulaic speech.

Excellll · Answer

As far as a diagnostic search term, logorrhea may be most appropriate. From Wikipedia:

a communication disorder, expressed by excessive wordiness with minor
  or sometimes incoherent talkativeness.

A related search term could be aphasia or aphasic, which refers to a general class of language disorders.

As for precise usage, the verb that comes to mind is bloviate. From Merriam-Webster:

to speak or write verbosely and windily

Eight-Bit Guru · Answer

Colourful and not for polite use, a favourite of mine is 'Gobshite'.

Collins definition

allignatius · Answer

Bloviator, from

bloviate: talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.

(definition via Google dictionary)

David Boyle · Answer

I suppose such a person might be called a pleonast.

From Wiktionary

Pleonast:
  One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.

amdn · Answer

long-winded

adjective

talking or writing at tedious length: "long-winded after-dinner speakers."
  continued to a tedious length in speech or writing: "another of his long-winded election speeches."

Kate · Answer

Perseverator, or one who perseverates, which means to repeat something insistently or redundantly.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/perseverate?s=ts

Word for a person who talks without content

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