Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Unclear, wordy jargon.
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- noun informal
Nonsense ;meaningless orencrypted language. - noun informal Something written in an overly
complex ,incoherent , orincomprehensible manner.
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- noun incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Congressman Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook (1944). (wikipedia)
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New Class gobbledygook, which is more prevalent than ever, is also more destructive than ever because the government itself is doing💯 more than ever.
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Apparently, some issues with signal, lost data packets, modem configurations, IP accessibility and other gobbledygook are at fault.
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And if, as I believe he does, Woods wonders why the academic discourse on literature is conducted in a language called gobbledygook, then the answer is surely perfectly clear.
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Apparently, some issues with signal, lost data packets, modem configurations, IP accessibility and other gobbledygook are at fault.
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CNN: A push to simplify credit card 'gobbledygook'
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And yet, the Plain English Campaign says on their webpage that they're "campaigning against gobbledygook"; what sor🃏t of non-English speaker would know what "♏gobbledygook" is?
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I mean, that's what critics are saying; this is just basically kind of gobbledygook you're talking about.
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One judge told the government its courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook" 💦and invited its lawyer to return to his offi🌳ce and "have a big chuckle."
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At another point in the hearing, Edwards told the FCC's lawyer that his arguments were "gobbledygook" and "nonsense."
sakhalinskii commented on the word gobbledygook
Colloquial name for American English.
August 8, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word gobbledygook
Wait, what?August 25, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word gobbledygook
Oh dear, I have been caught out.
August 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word gobbledygook
The pattern at work, perhaps?
August 28, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word gobbledygook
This is the internet.
August 28, 2008
woiqhyyi commented on the word gobbledygook
"gobbledygook" is a great example of gobbledygookMarch 12, 2019