gobbledygook

English

Alternative forms

gobbledegook; gobblygook, gobbly-gook

Etymology

First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language"

Pronunciation

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Noun

gobbledygook (usually uncountable, plural gobbledygooks)

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
(informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

Dutch: koeterwaals (nl) n
Esperanto: galimatio
Finnish: liirumlaarum (fi), diibadaaba (fi)
French: charabia (fr) m, gloubi-boulga (fr) m
German: Geschwafel (de) n, Kauderwelsch (de) n
Italian: supercazzola

Maori: reo kihi
Norwegian: kaudervelsk m, galimatias n
Polish: bełkot (pl) m
Portuguese: algaravia (pt) f
Russian: галиматья́ (ru) f (galimatʹjá)
Swedish: gallimatias (sv), rappakalja (sv), dravel (sv), struntprat (sv), goja (sv), strunt (sv)

Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Finnish: kapulakieli (fi)
French: galimatias (fr) m

Italian: burocratese (it)
Swedish: fikonspråk (sv), högtravande kanslistil

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