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Recent Examples of technobabble
With its iconic captains, philosophical dilemmas and unforgettable alien encounters, the Trek universe is rich with lore, logic, and a whole lot of technobabble.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Some individuals’ self-destructive dependence on AI to make sense of the world through religious prophecy, sci-fi technobabble, conspiracy theories, or all of the above has led to family rifts, divorces, and gradual alienation from society itself.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Tom’s latest vehicle for death-defying stunts and — at this point — incoherent technobabble pits him against the AI from Dead Reckoning again.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Sure, the ending is solved by a convenient bit of technobabble, but even that could be seen as spoofing Trek.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Simplification is about presenting information in a manner that best resonates with an audience and putting aside technobabble that may be confusing.
—Steve Durbin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
That’s because the plot is a lumpy stew of familiar elements, given minimal narrative clarity despite the reams of expository technobabble spouted by Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Twister built a template that its sequel largely follows: loud and fast-paced but anchored by a reliable ensemble spouting meteorological technobabble amid the chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
But Hubbard’s own writings are chock-full of technobabble, intermingling actual technical terms with statements that are demonstrably false.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Some individuals’ self-destructive dependence on AI to make sense of the world through religious prophecy, sci-fi technobabble, conspiracy theories, or all of the above has led to family rifts, divorces, and gradual alienation from society itself.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
Tom’s latest vehicle for death-defying stunts and — at this point — incoherent technobabble pits him against the AI from Dead Reckoning again.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Sure, the ending is solved by a convenient bit of technobabble, but even that could be seen as spoofing Trek.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Simplification is about presenting information in a manner that best resonates with an audience and putting aside technobabble that may be confusing.
—Steve Durbin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
That’s because the plot is a lumpy stew of familiar elements, given minimal narrative clarity despite the reams of expository technobabble spouted by Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Twister built a template that its sequel largely follows: loud and fast-paced but anchored by a reliable ensemble spouting meteorological technobabble amid the chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
But Hubbard’s own writings are chock-full of technobabble, intermingling actual technical terms with statements that are demonstrably false.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for technobabble
Noun
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The overly earnest character speaks in a hilariously cringey Gen Z self-help psychobabble that continuously grates on Enrique’s nerves.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Sometimes, such content might be portrayed as being valid psychological science versus non-sensical psychobabble.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jason Bateman should start brushing up on his legalese.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The position paper released by China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday was part of an escalating war of words over wartime legalese that has unfolded across interested capitals in recent weeks.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Details of new initiatives were bogged down by mind-numbing bureaucratese.—
Sharon Grigsby,
Dallas News,
11 Apr. 2023
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The most striking aspect of Putin’s failure to accept responsibility for the Kursk disaster was his retreat into bureaucratese.—
Masha Gessen,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2020
Noun
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Meaningless gobbledygook to an outsider, yet powerful to those who know how to wield those sounds properly.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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These parables sometimes read like gibberish, talking both down and up to the reader.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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And another rendered more than 5,000 files into encrypted gibberish before Malwarebytes quashed it.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Technobabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technobabble. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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