argle-bargle

[ahr-guhl-bahr-guhl]

noun

Chiefly British.

1. argy-bargy.

argle-bargle

/ ˌɑːɡəlˈbɑːɡəl /

noun

1. another word for argy-bargy

Word History and Origins

Origin of argle-bargle¹

1870–75; reduplication of argle, variant of argue

Example Sentences

Rather, opponents “resorted to hyperbole” regarding the spacing of language on the petition, calling the small spaces between some words “gibberish” and “incomprehensible argle-bargle,” the group said in its filing.

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They characterized the typographical errors as “gibberish,” and “incomprehensible argle-bargle.”

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The court filing is full of techno argle-bargle that would cause the eyes of even the most enthusiastic programmer to glaze over, much less the average journalist.

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And polls aside, Democrats cleaned Republicans' collective clock running on healthcare against Trump's argle-bargle about invading refugee caravans in the 2018 midterms, long before the pandemic hit.

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But his style was different, beholden to an overarching legal philosophy, and also more flamboyant, scathing, and dependent on eccentric word choices: “argle-bargle,” “jiggery-pokery.”

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