"bizbabble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪzbæbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bizbabble.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From biz + babble. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|biz|babble}} biz + babble Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bizbabble (uncountable)
  1. Meaningless verbiage of business executives. Tags: uncountable Translations (verbiage of business executives): bedrijfslingo [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-bizbabble-en-noun-ZHWHMGFu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "If you'd been using your approach a year ago, the list of A-rated funds for the preceding year—indeed, even for the preceding five years—would be loaded with funds invested in what the bizbabble channels call \"the tech-heavy NASDAQ\" (it's gotten to sound sort of like Homer's \"wine-dark sea\" and \"rosy-fingered dawn\" to me)."
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          "ref": "2009 October 12, BMJ, “Re: Hey, guys.....”, in sci.research.careers (Usenet), retrieved 2015-01-18",
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