Should I say "I am not good at making up stories or babbling"

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There are a lot of people that can speak the entire day. They have something to say on every topic. They are very good at cooking stories. They usually do this to get girls' attention. I am not that kind of person. I don't speak unnecessarily. I am a man of few words.

Should I say "I am not good at making up stories or babbling"?
 
There are a lot of people that can speak talk the entire all day. They have something to say on every topic. They are very good at cooking making up stories. They usually do this to get girls' attention. I am not that kind of person. I don't speak unnecessarily. I am a man of few words.
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Should I say "I am not good at making up stories or babbling"?
That would be a very odd sentence to say but it's grammatically correct.
Note that "babble" when used about adults is usually taken to be slightly derogatory. Babies and young kids babble all the time - they "talk" but without people being able to understand what they're trying to say.
 

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