gobbledygook
Meaning
- (informal, uncountable, usually) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
- (informal, uncountable, usually) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
Synonyms
unintelligible language
incoherent language
talking nonsense
“all Greek to me”
Translations
charabia
Kauderwelsch
galimatías
ακαταλαβίστικα
argot αλαμπουρνέζικα ασυνάρτητος γλώσσαEtymology
First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey.
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