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 Others claimed the leaks were just artificial intelligence gobbledygook. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024 The two exchange words in unintelligible gobbledygook, like Sims speaking their native language, Simlish. Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024 David [Brown], who played Todd with the chair pants and all of that, just his level of conviction and commitment to that character and being able to spout off all of this gobbledygook nonsense about his inventions — none of that was written. James Marsden Published, EW.com, 14 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for gobbledygook
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Noun
  • But at the heart of it is an army of armchair scientists tapping into the unknown, shattering relaxation boundaries and spewing gibberish all in the hopes that someone out there will tingle.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2025
  • While his wife, Mark’s sister Devon, seems to regard her husband’s new-age gibberish with indifference or annoyance, there are people in Ricken’s orbit who can match his freak.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Even with all of the fees and rigmarole that entails.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Editors’ Picks Our Favorite Bathrooms Kermit has been through the graduation rigmarole before.
    Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Erdogan recently fired up his rhetoric in this regard, by publicly calling for destruction of the ‘Zionist Israeli state’.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Musk has faced criticism for his aggressive rhetoric toward international actors and interference with politics both home and abroad, culminating in his failure to secure a Republican victory at the Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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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  • This seems to have surprised many who assessed his rhetoric as just more hype likely to fall prey to the same institutional constraints and poor execution that hampered Trump in his first term.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Zhao points out that the hype around generative AI often overshadows its limitations.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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