gobbledegook
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːbəlˌdiːˌɡʊk/
- Informal
:
palabrería incomprensible
- The report was filled with so much gobbledegook that no one could understand its main points.
Examples
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Just pass it off as "decay" or "temporal damage" or some other such gubbins, akin to the "shorted out the time differential" gobbledegook that Moffat threw in for Time Crash.
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How many ounces a day of this gobbledegook am I supposed to drink?
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Just like big banks and insurance companies bury you in their gobbledegook double talk.
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Some of us are hoping it will mature and cease being hopeful gobbledegook.
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The reconciliations have always seemed to me to be either so much gobbledegook or to make the alleged freedom of action quite unreal.
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"Why don't you say what you mean, Ed, so I'm not forced to decode this gobbledegook?
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The word was abroad that this purveyor of fashionable French gobbledegook was a charlatan and a nihilist, a man who believed that anything could mean anything and that there was nothing in the world but writing.
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She was frustrated by the gobbledegook in the technical manual and asked for a simpler explanation.
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His speech was nothing but gobbledegook, leaving the audience more confused than informed.
Synonyms
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2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
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7.2
Speech or writing that does not make sense
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8.3
Confusing talk that hides the truth or tries to impress people
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9.5
Talk that uses confusing psychology words without real meaning
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8.4
Talk that is foolish and has little meaning
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9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
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9.9
Nonsense language that sounds like real speech but has no clear meaning
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8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
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9.6
Confusing words from computers and high-tech areas that most people do not understand
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9.9
Formal, complicated language used in official or government papers
A confusing mix of short abbreviations and technical words
Unclear, complicated ideas that are hard to understand and not practical
Language used by computer experts that most people find hard to understand
Way doctors speak that is full of medical words and hard for patients to understand
Confusing education words that sound important but mean little
Formal words and phrases used by teachers and schools that are hard for others to understand
Speech or writing that is hard to understand and sounds like nonsense
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
How Clear
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gobbledegook was made as a funny name for language that is full of jargon and hard to understand; it uses gobble, the sound a turkey makes or 'to eat quickly'. So, when speech sounds like noisy, confusing turkey talk, we call it gobbledegook.