See jibber-jabber on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2005 October 23, “Take This Job and Love It” (9:21), in Squidbillies, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Early Cuyler (Unknown Hinson):",
"text": "Is my mind goin' on me or am I watching you jibber-jabber like some sort of jibberty box. Jibber-jabber on! Jibber-jabber on!",
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"ref": "2006 March 14, “Stick It”, in Boston Legal, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Judge Sanders (Shelley Berman):",
"text": "And I would ask counsel to check his sense of humor at the door. My courtroom is a temple of decorum, and I do not tolerate jibber-jabber.",
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"ref": "2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6",
"text": "Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body.\nJen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all.\nDouglas: All right.\nJen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for.\nDouglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen.\nJen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven.\nDouglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!"
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"ref": "2010 January 21, “The Proof in the Pudding” (27:40), in Bones, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance \"Bones\" Brennan (David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel):",
"text": "Booth: Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys.\nBrennan: Oh, you know who can do jibber-jabber?\n[...]\nBrennan: Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling pertaining to the midsagittal plane, encephalometric transaction — or translation, if you will — of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force-displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.",
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"ref": "2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (17:23 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):",
"text": "“Laszlo!” (muffled scream) “Woops.” “Prick was getting on my nerves with his jibber-jabber. We'll drain him later.”",
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"(informal, derogatory) Excessive or meaningless talk."
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"ref": "2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6",
"text": "Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body.\nJen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all.\nDouglas: All right.\nJen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for.\nDouglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen.\nJen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven.\nDouglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!"
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"text": "Booth: Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys.\nBrennan: Oh, you know who can do jibber-jabber?\n[...]\nBrennan: Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling pertaining to the midsagittal plane, encephalometric transaction — or translation, if you will — of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force-displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.",
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"text": "“Laszlo!” (muffled scream) “Woops.” “Prick was getting on my nerves with his jibber-jabber. We'll drain him later.”",
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