variants also gobbledegook
as in gibberish
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be

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Recent Examples of gobbledygook That’s corporate gobbledygook that tries to appease all sides and achieves nothing. Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023 When research papers are published, the detail often comes across as gobbledygook to A.I. professionals and computer scientists. Subutai Ahmad, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023 Inflated and abstract writing such as that 1942 blackout order is called gobbledygook. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023 Caple and his team understand that, beneath the mythical gobbledygook, these movies are about sensations and nostalgia. Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for gobbledygook 
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Noun
  • In addition to all that work, Coffin voices the demented gibberish spewed by the Minions, the bright yellow creatures who work alongside Gru. Renaud, who co-helmed the fourth installment with Patrick Delage, says that the French influence was also there from the start.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • For example, at one point the voice suddenly sped up and spewed gibberish.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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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  • Star Wars hype was on a high following the success two years earlier of The Force Awakens which grossed $2.1 billion according to industry analyst Box Office Mojo.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, pre-album hype isn’t a complete explanation; Chromakopia ultimately lived up to the hype, ensuring that its consumption numbers didn’t dramatically taper off as the tracking week continued.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024

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