Example Sentences

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Sabine Hossenfelder is a physicist, an author and a producer of the YouTube channel Science Without the Gobbledygook.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Government by Gobbledygook Federal regulations are wordy, jargon-filled, and incomprehensible.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2012

Vice President Al Gore presented regular No Gobbledygook Awards as part of his reinventing-government initiative.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2012

In a section labeled "Gobbledygook," the newspaper offered a daily $10 prize for the worst phrase of the day.

From Time Magazine Archive

An ardent New Dealer and champion of small business, he nonetheless scorned Washington bureaucratese; once, after scanning a subordinate's report, he gruffly coined a capital classic: "Gobbledygook!"

From Time Magazine Archive