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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
The two exchange words in unintelligible gobbledygook, like Sims speaking their native language, Simlish.
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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
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
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbledygook
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Biden made the semi-finals this week with his gibberish at a White House health-care conference.Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
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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
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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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The rhetoric on social media following that – that murder is extraordinarily alarming.CBS News, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
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However, the bot also identified areas of convergence, noting them as political context, historical context, and cultural and racial rhetoric.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 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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Much has been debated about the value of AI— from AI fad to AI hype and more recently, mounting concerns about AI ethics.Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Projects that are truly bound to succeed will have been conceived with a genuine conviction about a new way to solve a real problem, not in a rush to follow the hype.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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