gobbledegook
noun
language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand.
gobbledygook
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a variation of
gobbledegook.
Example Sentences
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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
“There will be a fair amount of gobbledygook coming out of COP28,” said John Marshall, the CEO of Potential Energy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit marketing firm.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
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
“If you’ve got a spare hour or two sometime, I’ll give you the technical gobbledygook to explain it. All I care about is that it works. I'd die without someone to talk to.”
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
