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Recent Examples of technobabble
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.
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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
Humans, the regulatory technobabble reveals, do the strangest things sometimes.
—Ed Niedermeyer, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
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
Humans, the regulatory technobabble reveals, do the strangest things sometimes.
—Ed Niedermeyer, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
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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When Agreements Become Infrastructure Perhaps the most profound shift is this: trade agreements, once enshrined in legalese and negotiated by diplomats, are now being expressed as code.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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If anything, some users may rely on agents to review legalese for them.—
Paresh Dave,
Wired News,
22 May 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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As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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Teachers have banned it from the classroom after kids disrupted lessons by reciting its signature gibberish, Parents reports.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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In 2023, Voyager 1 started sending gibberish from deep space, but that issue was resolved last year.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
20 May 2025
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“Technobabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technobabble. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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