Meaning
Dan Quayle used it in speeches and it laid stress on how one should be clear on his or her thoughts.
Origin
On 30th November 1988, The Los Angles Times used it as:
“I also try to discipline myself when I get into a situation… and I’m trying to think of an answer, instead of being verbose, which is a tendency that I have, to be concise. Because verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”
Meaning
It is used when we don’t get any results and return to the starting point. Usually its referred to a situation in which a person gets from one trouble to another and it becomes very difficult to get out of it.
Origin
A vicious circle was the name given by 18th century logicians for a fallacious proof in this form:
A depends on B
B depends on C
C depends on A
The Britannica Encyclopedia in 1792 used this phrase as:
“He runs into what is termed by logicians a vicious circle.”