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 That’s corporate gobbledygook that tries to appease all sides and achieves nothing. Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for gobbledygook
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Noun
  • The child first dialed 911 and began saying gibberish to the dispatcher before hanging up and dialing again.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Fried memes and hysterical gibberish suffocate the internet nowadays.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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
  • But new and legacy spending ambitions continue unabated, as Congress—despite the GOP’s small-government rhetoric—has long capitulated to progressive aims.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And now, as layoffs on the federal government rise, business confidence falls, and economic forecasts weaken, Wall Street—long used to Trump's market-friendly rhetoric—is being told by the president to embrace the volatility as part of a longer-term strategy.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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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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  • So the hype around that show undoubtedly drove the bigger audience.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The news of Khaled’s appointment comes just days after the league announced a partnership with Roc Nation International that will make Khaled the league’s chief hype officer for the U.S. events this upcoming season.
    Eric Jackson for Sportico, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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