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as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk
was so excited he could only talk gibberish
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as in gobbledygook
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions
all I got from the doctor's gibberish was that I had a sore throat, which I already knew
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Recent Examples of gibberish
Legal gibberish True, some Florida civil rights laws are nearly toothless, thanks to DeSantis and, by extension, Uthmeier.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
Legal gibberish Let’s start with those last two words.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2026
Naturally, Luke and Vader make lightsaber noises and the odd gibberish babble.
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Simon Hill,
Wired News,
25 Mar. 2026
But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
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Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
Legal gibberish Let’s start with those last two words.
—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2026
Naturally, Luke and Vader make lightsaber noises and the odd gibberish babble.
—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
25 Mar. 2026
But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibberish
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
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This dumbed-down Goebbels gobbledygook revived talking points that Habermas had tried to quash during the Historikerstreit.
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But at least some of it was gobbledygook.
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.
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For too long Western leaders have been deterred by Putin’s escalation rhetoric.
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Concha argued that her positions and rhetoric reflect a broader shift in the Democratic Party toward socialism and extremism.
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The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
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Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
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And the rigmarole of international travel is a very good reason.
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Alternatives were mooted, such as filming in England, but flying all the crew from Poland, and their associated visa requirements, would have added to the rigmarole.
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Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.
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“Gibberish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibberish. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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