What does "Long-winded way of saying next week" mean?
A: I'm sorry. What were we talking about?
B : I asked you when your family were moving here.
A : Sorry. Long-winded way of saying next week
I know that "long winded" means kind of too long or too difficult to tell or write, but when adding "way of saying next week", I don't know what this phrase mean.
Thank you