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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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That’s corporate gobbledygook that tries to appease all sides and achieves nothing.
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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
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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
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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbledygook. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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