technobabble
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈtɛknoʊˌbæbəl/
- Informal
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palabrería técnica
- During the meeting, John used so much technobabble that no one understood his points.
We don't get into technobabble and talking about the program and the modules and the, the things they're going to do because all of that sounds like work.
- We don't get into technobabble and talking about the program and the modules and the, the things they're going to do because all of that sounds like work.
Examples
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The article was filled with technobabble, making it hard for laypeople to grasp the concepts.
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Yeah, it's, uh... sorry for all the technobabble.
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"The word's a bunch of technobabble twaddle to cover up the facts.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm sure I just missed some of the technobabble about how it creates too much interference to communicate anything but names.
Blog text (11) -
If all that technobabble flew over your head, rest assured that the OCZ Vertex 4 provides incredible speeds at a fair price.
Blog text (6) -
We don't get into technobabble and talking about the program and the modules and the, the things they're going to do because all of that sounds like work.
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He described how the writers would just insert "tech" into the scripts whenever they needed to resolve a story or plot line, then they'd have consultants fill in the appropriate words (aka technobabble) later.
Blog text (6) -
Most of the files were incomprehensible to Pancho; some were technobabble and equations, and many were stock manipulations and business deals encoded in so much jargon and legalese that it would take a team of lawyers to decipher them.
Fiction book (2001) -
When discussing the new software, she relied on technobabble that confused everyone in the room.
Synonyms
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7.2
Words used by a group or job that others cannot understand
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7.8
Words and phrases a group uses that people outside it do not understand
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9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
Antonyms
How Technical
Surface Forms
Morphology
technobabble = babble (transparent) = techno + babble
The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'techno' (relating to technology) + 'babble' (meaning meaningless talk), so learners knowing 'tech/technology' and 'babble' can infer it.
Etymology
Technobabble combines techno- (from technology, meaning 'modern tools and systems') and babble ('talk without sense'). So technobabble is confusing technical talk that sounds like nonsense to people who are not experts.