word salad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of word salad
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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It could be interpreted this way, but this has become an unsatisfactory word salad.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024
Pullman is delightfully slimy as an unhinged delusional narcissist, high on his own supply of motivational word salad that he spews into his laptop camera.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024
He just becomes incomprehensible when he engages in free association word salad speech that is all over the place.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
“She is prone to not only stepping on the message, but putting out word salad answers, and then when she gets uncomfortable, getting into a laughing fit.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
My sisters could not comprehend Tata Ndu’s word salad of French and Kikongo, so were merely spellbound by the presence of a celebrity on the porch.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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