gobbledegook
n. writing which uses complex phrases and fancy words, vague bureaucratic jargon | ||||
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Gobbledegook Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Australian Slang |
Gobbledegook
written or spoken nonsense (originally US military slang (1940s) for “red tape”, from the earlier slang phrase “gobble the goop” - to perform fellatio)
written or spoken nonsense (originally US military slang (1940s) for “red tape”, from the earlier slang phrase “gobble the goop” - to perform fellatio)
Gobbledegook Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Harry Potter Glossary |
Gobbledegook
The international language of the goblins.
The international language of the goblins.
Gobbledegook Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gobbledygook
Gobbledygook or gobbledegook (sometimes shortened to gobbledegoo) is an English term used to describe nonsensical language, sound that resembles language but has no meaning, or unintelligible encrypted text. It is also used to refer to official, professional or pretentious language.
The term was coined on March 30, 1944 by Maury Maverick, chairman of the United States Smaller War Plants Corporation. In a memo banning "gobbledygook language", he wrote "anyone using the words activation or implementation will be shot". Maverick later used the word in the New York Times Magazine on May 21, 1944 as part of a further complaint against the obscure language used by his colleagues. His inspiration, he said, was the turkey, "always gobbledy gobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity. At the end of his gobble, there was a sort of gook."
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