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as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk
was so excited he could only talk gibberish
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as in gobbledegook
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions
all I got from the doctor's gibberish was that I had a sore throat, which I already knew
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Recent Examples of gibberish
The end result in the final generation was nonessential surrealist-sounding gibberish that had essentially nothing to do with the original text.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
All of which, to me as an American, read as gibberish.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 July 2024
Relayed the same message, Foster opened his office door and started yelling indecipherable gibberish as other coaches filled the room.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Complicated instructions sound like gibberish to him, and his frustration resulted in outbursts Smith described as volcanic.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
All of which, to me as an American, read as gibberish.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 2 July 2024
Relayed the same message, Foster opened his office door and started yelling indecipherable gibberish as other coaches filled the room.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Complicated instructions sound like gibberish to him, and his frustration resulted in outbursts Smith described as volcanic.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibberish
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There is no nonsense in Ron Norsworthy’s gaze or tone.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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And yeah, some of the items on his list are utter nonsense.Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Roberts’s majority opinion is pure gobbledygook The Bruen decision placed an enormously high burden on any government lawyer trying to convince a court that any gun law is constitutional.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 June 2024
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Others claimed the leaks were just artificial intelligence gobbledygook.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
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However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
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Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
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Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Around 9:15, someone turned up the volume and Rachel Maddow’s voice rose above the chatter, warning that results would be coming in all night.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Gibberish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibberish. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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