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Circumlocution is locution that circles around a specific idea with multiple words rather than directly evoking it with fewer and apter words. It is sometimes a necessary tool of communication , but it is also often a flaw in communication . Ambiguity means that information can have multiple meanings. Roundabout speech refers to using many words to describe something for which a concise expression exists . The vast majority of definitions found in dictionaries are circumlocutory. Circumlocution is often used by aphasics and people learning a new language, where in the absence of a word the subject can simply be described . Euphemism, innuendo, and equivocation are different types of ambiguous and roundabout language, also called circumlocution.