gobbledegook
noun
language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand.
gobbledygook
-
a variation of
gobbledegook.
Example Sentences
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And his speech continues to descend into gobbledygook.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
At issue was Likely’s post-reception action, and whether or not he had completed the proper sequence of steps and moves to satisfy that all-purpose bit of NFL gobbledygook:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Still I’m going to have to trust that all involved here have some clue what that gobbledygook means.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Until the “useless” headline sparked outrage, nobody at MSN seemed to realize that their news page was larded with gobbledygook.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
Academics in the softer fields dress up the trivial and obvious with the trappings of scientific sophistication, hoping to bamboozle their audiences with highfalutin gobbledygook.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
