Learning about different types of case word salad

If you've ever listened to someone talk and felt like your brain was melting because the words were real but the sentences were total nonsense, you've likely encountered the various types of case word salad. It's a strange phenomenon where language just sort of collapses in on itself. You recognize the vocabulary—the nouns, verbs, and adjectives are all there—but the way they're strung together makes absolutely no sense. It's like someone took a dictionary, threw it into a blender, and served the results on a plate. ...

February 27, 2026 · 7 min · Donough Meré