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What does wax poetic mean?

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Verb
  1. To become increasingly verbose.
  2. (pejorative) To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.
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Such advancements encourage old souls to wax poetic about bygone eras.
Is it possible to wax poetic about a software tool that essentially does one thing?
We were talking the other night about family, and he began to wax poetic about his dearly departed grandmother.
Provincial and federal politicians wax poetic about the issue, but never seem to put their taxation or legislative powers where their mouths are.
All the things that Steve Jobs would wax poetic about.
What is it about gardens that makes custodians wax poetic?

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