They attempt to straddle all issues and, consequently, when a slip occurs, the result is foot-in-mouth disease.

Mixed aphasia: characterized by such disorders as agrammaphasia, syntactical aphasia, word-salad speech, groping speech, repetitious speech or paraphasia.

We're gonna stop playing games with these Arabs and get down to brass tacks!

‘You should be careful not to irritate her, James. Her temper has been soured, remember, and ought not to be tried.’