variants 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for gobbledygook
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Noun
  • My last thought, here, beware of the endless gibberish about the hazards of rotations.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
  • 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
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  • No rigamarole or bureaucracy to navigate.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The bust was followed by months of prolonged legal rigmarole.
    John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
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  • Moro Ojomo earned the most hype of the non-Carter defensive linemen this summer.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While crypto has endured cycles of hype and disillusionment, its actual utility may finally find its most potent expression in AI data markets.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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