"gobbledygook" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-gobbledygook.ogg [US] Forms: gobbledygooks [plural]
Etymology: First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey. Mr. Maury Maverick was, incidentally, the grandson of lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick, whose behaviour regarding his cattle inspired the term maverick ("offbeat"). Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} gobbledygook (usually uncountable, plural gobbledygooks)
  1. (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language): 天書 (Chinese Mandarin), 天书 (tiānshū) (Chinese Mandarin), hatmatilka [feminine] (Czech), bavl [neuter] (Danish), kaudervælsk [neuter] (Danish), sludder [neuter] (Danish), vrøvl [neuter] (Danish), koeterwaals [neuter] (Dutch), galimatio (Esperanto), liirumlaarum (Finnish), diibadaaba (Finnish), hölynpöly (Finnish), charabia [masculine] (French), gloubi-boulga [masculine] (French), Geschwafel [neuter] (German), Kauderwelsch [neuter] (German), Gibberisch [neuter] (German), Gromolo [neuter] (German), halandzsa (Hungarian), maszlag (Hungarian), blabla (Hungarian), hadova (Hungarian), hablaty (Hungarian), fesserie [feminine, plural] (Italian), sciocchezze [feminine, plural] (Italian), supercazzola (Italian), idiozie [feminine, plural] (Italian), 珍紛漢紛 (chinpunkanpun) (Japanese), reo kihi (Maori), tullprat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vrøvl [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaudervelsk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), galimatias [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bełkot [masculine] (Polish), algaravia [feminine] (Portuguese), галиматья́ (galimatʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), galimatijas [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lupetanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gallimatias (Swedish), rappakalja (Swedish), dravel (Swedish), struntprat (Swedish), goja (Swedish), strunt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gobbledygook-en-noun-pjxG73mG Disambiguation of 'nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language': 97 3
  2. (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually Translations (something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner): kapulakieli (Finnish), galimatias [masculine] (French), Fachchinesisch [neuter] (German), geschwollenes Zeug (note: not idiomatic) [neuter] (German), aufgeblasenes Gesülze (note: not idiomatic) [neuter] (German), bikkfanyelv (Hungarian), burocratese (Italian), reo kihi (Maori), fikonspråk (Swedish), högtravande kanslistil (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gobbledygook-en-noun-qijhSxZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gobbledegook, gobblygook, garbley gook, gobbly-gook

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "liirumlaarum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "diibadaaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hölynpöly"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "charabia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gloubi-boulga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geschwafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kauderwelsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gibberisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gromolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "halandzsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "maszlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "blabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hadova"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "hablaty"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fesserie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sciocchezze"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "supercazzola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "idiozie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinpunkanpun",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "珍紛漢紛"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "reo kihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tullprat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrøvl"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaudervelsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "galimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bełkot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algaravia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galimatʹjá",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "галиматья́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galimatijas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lupetanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "gallimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "rappakalja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "dravel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "struntprat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "goja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language",
      "word": "strunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "kapulakieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galimatias"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fachchinesisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "not idiomatic",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geschwollenes Zeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "not idiomatic",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aufgeblasenes Gesülze"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "bikkfanyelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "burocratese"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "reo kihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "fikonspråk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner",
      "word": "högtravande kanslistil"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Maury Maverick",
    "Samuel Maverick",
    "gobbledygook"
  ],
  "word": "gobbledygook"
}

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