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argle-bargle noun [ ˈɑːɡ(ə)lˌbɑːɡ(ə)l ]

• copious but meaningless talk or writing; waffle.
• "bureaucratic argle-bargle"
• another term for argy-bargy.
Origin: early 19th century: reduplication of dialect argle, a late 16th-century alteration of argue.


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