A SE question from Manhattan's practice test

[judykiki85]

Hello,
I have a question on a SE question from Manhattan's practice test, could you please explain this to me?

Those who actively resist the impulse to expatiate on self-indulgent topics while in social company often run the risk of overcorrecting and consequently being perceived as ______________

loquacious
detached
communicative
aloof
irreverent
reprehensible

If a person is often perceived as detached & aloof, how can the person have the risk of overcorrecting? Isn't overcorrecting only possible when someone is very talkative and meddlesome?
I am quite confused how a person who is detached can also be overcorrecting.

Could you please help?
Thank you very much

[tommywallach]

Hey Judy,

Overcorrect means exactly what it sounds like: correcting too much. It has no actual meaning aside from that. You can overcorrect in ALL KINDS OF WAYS. If I eat too much, I can overcorrect by eating too little. If I don't do any homework, I can overcorrect by doing nothing but homework.

In this case, the person is RESISTING the urge to talk too much. But if you overcorrect, then you won't talk enough. We want words that mean very untalkative/unfriendly.

Make sense?

-t