diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm b/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
index 446fb141284..b029b0cc3ec 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/traits.dm
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@
#define NINJA_SUIT_TRAIT "ninja-suit"
#define ANTI_DROP_IMPLANT_TRAIT "anti-drop-implant"
#define HIVEMIND_ONE_MIND_TRAIT "one_mind"
-#define VR_ZONE_TRAIT "vr_zone_trait"
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+#define VR_ZONE_TRAIT "vr_zone_trait"
diff --git a/code/datums/brain_damage/mild.dm b/code/datums/brain_damage/mild.dm
index 84bb0149978..3fc593f8e7e 100644
--- a/code/datums/brain_damage/mild.dm
+++ b/code/datums/brain_damage/mild.dm
@@ -182,3 +182,44 @@
addtimer(CALLBACK(owner, /mob/.proc/emote, "cough"), 12)
owner.emote("cough")
..()
+
+/datum/brain_trauma/mild/expressive_aphasia
+ name = "Expressive Aphasia"
+ desc = "Patient is affected by partial loss of speech leading to a reduced vocabulary."
+ scan_desc = "inability to form complex sentences"
+ gain_text = "You lose your grasp on complex words."
+ lose_text = "You feel your vocabulary returning to normal again."
+
+ var/static/list/common_words = world.file2list("strings/1000_most_common.txt")
+
+/datum/brain_trauma/mild/expressive_aphasia/on_say(message)
+ if(message)
+ var/list/message_split = splittext(message, " ")
+ var/list/new_message = list()
+
+ for(var/word in message_split)
+ var/suffix = copytext(word,-1)
+
+ // Check if we have a suffix and break it out of the word
+ if(suffix in list("." , "," , ";" , "!" , ":" , "?"))
+ word = copytext(word,1,-1)
+ else
+ suffix = ""
+
+ word = html_decode(word)
+
+ if(lowertext(word) in common_words)
+ new_message += word + suffix
+ else
+ if(prob(30) && message_split.len > 2)
+ new_message += pick("uh","erm")
+ break
+ else
+ var/list/charlist = string2charlist(word) // Stupid shit code
+ shuffle_inplace(charlist)
+ charlist.len = round(charlist.len * 0.5,1)
+ new_message += html_encode(jointext(charlist,"")) + suffix
+
+ message = jointext(new_message, " ")
+
+ return trim(message)
diff --git a/code/datums/mutations/speech.dm b/code/datums/mutations/speech.dm
index e188c6641c2..f6b87aca5b0 100644
--- a/code/datums/mutations/speech.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mutations/speech.dm
@@ -221,3 +221,4 @@
..()
owner.grant_language(/datum/language/common)
owner.remove_language(/datum/language/beachbum)
+
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index da137fdfaf9..63a35865293 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
return null
/mob/living/proc/treat_message(message)
+
if(has_trait(TRAIT_UNINTELLIGIBLE_SPEECH))
message = unintelligize(message)
diff --git a/strings/1000_most_common.txt b/strings/1000_most_common.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64e6fd2af88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/1000_most_common.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,1035 @@
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\ No newline at end of file