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gobbledygook noun [ ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk ]

• language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.
• "reams of financial gobbledygook"
Similar: jargon, unintelligible language, obscure language, gibberish, claptrap, nonsense, balderdash, blather, blether, argle-bargle, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, drivel, tripe, hogwash, baloney, bilge, bosh, bull, bunk, guff, eyewash, piffle, twaddle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, malarkey, dribble, rot, cobblers, codswallop, cock, stuff and nonsense, double Dutch, tosh, cack, havers, garbage, flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa, applesauce, bunkum, tommyrot, cod, gammon, toffee, shit, bullshit, horseshit, crap, bollocks, balls, crapola, bulldust,
Origin: 1940s (originally US): probably imitating a turkey's gobble.


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