gibberish

noun

gib·ber·ish | \ ˈji-b(ə-)rish ,

ˈgi-

Definition of gibberish

: unintelligible or meaningless language:

a : a technical or esoteric (see esoteric sense 1) language The doctors spoke to one another in their medical gibberish that I was unable to follow.

b : pretentious or needlessly obscure language The substance of the philosopher'swork is buried in polysyllabic gibberish.

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Examples of gibberish in a Sentence

She was talking gibberish in her sleep. was so excited he could only talk gibberish

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In contrast to his past practice of offering gibberish as banter between songs, Matthews spoke directly and with sincerity on the topic of children being separated from parents arrested on charges of unauthorized entry to the United States. — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, "Four ways Dave Matthews Band played a youthful 39th show at Ruoff amphitheater," 7 July 2018 As threats from hackers and online thieves grow apace, more companies are seeking refuge in encryption—the science of turning messages and data into gibberish for anyone who doesn’t have a key. — Sara Castellanos, WSJ, "Why Don’t Companies Just Encrypt All Their Data? It Isn’t So Simple," 29 May 2018 That’s the joy of the decades-old, absurdly comprehensive fansite @U2, or the podcast U Talkin’ U2 To Me, in which Adam Scott and Scott Aukerman alternate between arguing about U2 and spouting gibberish. — Scott Meslow, GQ, "How to Become a U2 Fan," 11 May 2018 That doesn’t mean these schools should get away with teaching gibberish. — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Florida must stop paying $1 billion a year to 'educate' children in fringe religious nonsense," 9 June 2018 Dolores finds her way to her father, Peter Abernathy (Louis Herthum), who is still bolted to a chair and muttering gibberish. — Sandra Upson, WIRED, "Westworld Recap, Season 2 Episode 7: Decoding Da Vinci," 4 June 2018 Without the encryption password, any would-be data thief would see only gibberish. — Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, "Even a dead hard drive can give away your private info. Here's how to delete it for good," 31 May 2018 There is also a good old word that means incoherent prose or speech: gibberish, which has been around since 1557. — Stephen Miller, WSJ, "What’s Another Word for Derp?," 29 May 2018 This metamorphosis is what would happen if a word cloud sourced from a Trump rally were used in a giant game of telephone—but one in which the gibberish end result were then broadcast as news to hundreds of millions of recipients. — Jay Willis, GQ, "Spygate: How Right-Wing Media Creates a Conspiracy Theory Out of Thin Air," 23 May 2018

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