gibberish

[jib-er-ish, gib-]

noun

1. meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.

   Synonyms: gobbledegook, drivel, gabble, babble, foolishness, nonsense

2. talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.

gibberish

/ ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ /

noun

1. rapid chatter like that of monkeys

2. incomprehensible talk; nonsense

Word History and Origins

Origin of gibberish¹

1545–55; apparently gibber + -ish ¹, on the model of language names so formed

Example Sentences

Try to make sense of this gibberish from a recent appearance at the American Business Forum on Nov. 7.

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Back in the summer when the dispute became public, Saylor, the most prominent evangelist for the cryptocurrency, had accused Chanos of not understanding the business model while the latter retaliated, accusing Saylor of “financial gibberish.”

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Oracle was slow to board this train, with Ellison calling cloud computing “complete gibberish” External link as late as 2009.

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“I felt like I was talking gibberish,” she recalled.

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Traders and brokerage firms have always used jargon and slang that sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.

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Related Words

• babble 
• drivel