variants also gobbledegook
Definition of gobbledygooknext
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 Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025 The six-episode limited series feels like a long movie broken into arbitrary episodes, its ending is mired by digital gobbledygook, and Marvel still doesn’t know how magic makes sense in a universe ruled by advanced technology and literal gods. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2025 As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for gobbledygook
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Noun
  • And these worlds aren’t even real, just ones and zeros merged to form a network of communication that sometimes feels like incoherent gibberish.
    Brandon Kaipo Moningka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Legal gibberish Let’s start with those last two words.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And the rigmarole of international travel is a very good reason.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
  • 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.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Stop listening to the rhetoric coming from the government.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • Musk’s attorney pressed him on the discrepancy between mission rhetoric and personal enrichment.
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Balance out from all the casino hype with an indulgent treatment or power nap in the salt cave.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • Tree House proves that sometimes the hype is deserved.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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