- gobbledygook gobbledegook
- noun (U) informal complicated language, especially in an official document, that seems to have no meaning
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Gobbledygook — or gobbledegook (sometimes shortened to gobbledegoo, gobbledeegook [ [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gobbledeegook gobbledeegook] at urbandictionary.com] or other forms [ [http://uktsupport.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=10342… … Wikipedia
gobbledegook — gobbledegook, gobbledygook gobbledygook . The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gobbledygook — gobbledegook gobbledegook, gobbledygook gobbledygook . The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gobbledegook — 1. The term, though not the concept, was unknown to Fowler (1926); Gowers (1965) knew it, but like Fowler put his material in an entry called jargon. Gobbledegook (or gobbledygook) is the extensive use of unintelligible jargon in printed… … Modern English usage
gobbledygook — also gobbledegook, the overinvolved, pompous talk of officialdom [Klein], 1944, Amer.Eng., first used by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick, D. Texas, (1895 1954), a grandson of the original MAVERICK (Cf. maverick) and chairman of U.S. Smaller War Plants… … Etymology dictionary
gobbledegook — UK / US or gobbledygook UK [ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk] / US [ˈɡɑb(ə)ldɪˌɡuk] noun [uncountable] informal 1) very complicated or technical language that you cannot understand 2) nonsense … English dictionary
gobbledegook — (also gobbledygook) ► NOUN informal ▪ pompous or unintelligible jargon. ORIGIN probably imitating a turkey s gobble … English terms dictionary
gobbledygook — ☆ gobbledygook [gäb′əl dē gook΄, gäb′əldəgook; gäb′əl dēgo͞ok΄, gäb′əl dəgo͞ok΄ ] n. 〚first used in current sense by Maury Maverick (1895 1954), U.S. Representative: ? echoic of turkey cries〛 Slang talk or writing that is wordy, pompous, etc. and … Universalium
gobbledygook — (= gobbledegook), noun, informal a letter full of legal gobbledygook Syn: gibberish, claptrap, nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, blather, garbage; informal mumbo jumbo, drivel, tripe, hogwash, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, guff … Thesaurus of popular words
gobbledygook — gobbledegook UK / US or gobbledygook UK [ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk] / US [ˈɡɑb(ə)ldɪˌɡuk] noun [uncountable] informal 1) very complicated or technical language that you cannot understand 2) nonsense … English dictionary
