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also gobbledegook
as in gibberish
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions
cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be
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Recent Examples of gobbledygook
Apologies to the Lois Lane stans out there, but Adams is mostly on hand in these movies to deliver stern gobbledygook (something about isotopes?) and stare at Henry Cavill’s cheekbones.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Roberts’s majority opinion is pure gobbledygook The Bruen decision placed an enormously high burden on any government lawyer trying to convince a court that any gun law is constitutional.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 June 2024
Others claimed the leaks were just artificial intelligence gobbledygook.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
The two exchange words in unintelligible gobbledygook, like Sims speaking their native language, Simlish.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Roberts’s majority opinion is pure gobbledygook The Bruen decision placed an enormously high burden on any government lawyer trying to convince a court that any gun law is constitutional.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 June 2024
Others claimed the leaks were just artificial intelligence gobbledygook.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
The two exchange words in unintelligible gobbledygook, like Sims speaking their native language, Simlish.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbledygook
Noun
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My last thought, here, beware of the endless gibberish about the hazards of rotations.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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Her toddler, who was almost two, leaned over the railing and called out to the agents in baby gibberish, but the agents did not acknowledge her.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
Noun
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No rigamarole or bureaucracy to navigate.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dabrowski also aligned himself with the controversial Awake Illinois organization, a group that has gained notoriety for its anti-transgender rhetoric and activities.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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His hardline rhetoric came after a spate of protests outside hotels that are used to house asylum seekers while their claims are processed.—
Olivia Kemp,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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If the Vegas Loop's current status and progress is any indication of how the Music City Loop will turn out, Nashville's underground tunnel will have a lot to prove to users before living up to the hype.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s hype because of her world-record £1million fee, of course.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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