word salad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of word salad
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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The line is supposed to be a little funny, a wink at the fashion industry’s love of effusive word salad descriptions that are only conveyed in the actual garments about half the time.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
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
The fablelike novel’s middle sags beneath confusing story lines and clunky dialogue — word salad posing as ancient wisdom.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 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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