word salad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of word salad
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Early in the campaign, her answers to tough questions often devolved into word salad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
It could be interpreted this way, but this has become an unsatisfactory word salad.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
Spotify users who have been amused by these thrice-daily servings of word salad might be surprised — or, just as likely, not — to learn that the playlist names are ginned up by A.I.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
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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