Definition of Gobbledygook

1. Noun. Incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists.

Generic synonyms: Jargon

Definition of Gobbledygook

1. Noun. (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gobbledygook

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobbledygook

gobbety
gobbi
gobbier
gobbies
gobbiest
gobbing
gobbings
gobbinsite
gobble hole
gobble up
gobbled
gobbledegoo
gobbledegook
gobbledegooks
gobbledygook (current term)
gobbledygooks
gobbler
gobblers
gobbles
gobbling
gobbo
gobemouche
gobemouches
gobernadora
gobernadoras
gobet
gobets
gobful

Literary usage of Gobbledygook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Interviewers want colorful language, not bureaucratic gobbledygook. The more informal, the better. If an answer must be technical to be accurate (and there ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... Bright Lights, Big City, 1984 I don't know whether or not you are a writer of gobbledygook —Bailey 1984 The option of omitting or not only exists when ..."

3. Cleaning Up the Superfund Program: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by David M. McIntosh (1999)
"... to these sites think, when they have to figure out how to work their way through this morass of gobbledygook in order to clean up their communities. ..."

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