“Word salad”

If you experience it, you know.

My wife told me she needed to talk one time and made a long, drawn out apology. I tried to speak several times but she instructed me to listen.

It was about nothing. Nothing I’d ever had an issue with, nothing that mattered, and despite having the right tone and inflections, no content.

It was like if someone from a completely different culture or language acted out an apology.

When she was done she wanted my feedback. So I said, That’s not it at all. Nothing of what you said is what I’ve been talking about. Which just blew her mind.

I didn’t even know it was a thing with a term until about six months ago