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Recent Examples of technobabble
Simplification is about presenting information in a manner that best resonates with an audience and putting aside technobabble that may be confusing.
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Steve Durbin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
That’s because the plot is a lumpy stew of familiar elements, given minimal narrative clarity despite the reams of expository technobabble spouted by Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Twister built a template that its sequel largely follows: loud and fast-paced but anchored by a reliable ensemble spouting meteorological technobabble amid the chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
But Hubbard’s own writings are chock-full of technobabble, intermingling actual technical terms with statements that are demonstrably false.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Humans, the regulatory technobabble reveals, do the strangest things sometimes.
—Ed Niedermeyer, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
But between the different models of each edition, their exclusive games and lots of technobabble otherwise, buying a game console is starting to feel as complex as picking a health insurance plan.
—Whitson Gordon, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2020
Lashings of technobabble aside, none of the practical or scientific material in the show seems remotely true or plausible, especially the speed at which things are supposed to happen.
—cleveland, 1 June 2020
Previous SlideNext Slide There's also very little in the way of futuristic technobabble—a hallmark of the franchise since TOS and a major factor in its enduring popularity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2020
Steve Durbin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
That’s because the plot is a lumpy stew of familiar elements, given minimal narrative clarity despite the reams of expository technobabble spouted by Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Paradox.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Twister built a template that its sequel largely follows: loud and fast-paced but anchored by a reliable ensemble spouting meteorological technobabble amid the chaos.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
But Hubbard’s own writings are chock-full of technobabble, intermingling actual technical terms with statements that are demonstrably false.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Humans, the regulatory technobabble reveals, do the strangest things sometimes.
—Ed Niedermeyer, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
But between the different models of each edition, their exclusive games and lots of technobabble otherwise, buying a game console is starting to feel as complex as picking a health insurance plan.
—Whitson Gordon, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2020
Lashings of technobabble aside, none of the practical or scientific material in the show seems remotely true or plausible, especially the speed at which things are supposed to happen.
—cleveland, 1 June 2020
Previous SlideNext Slide There's also very little in the way of futuristic technobabble—a hallmark of the franchise since TOS and a major factor in its enduring popularity.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for technobabble
Noun
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This is the modernist quest reduced to Silicon Valley psychobabble.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
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The show is savvy enough to sense how easily human ache can fall prey to the manipulative language of certain practitioners, and how alluring psychobabble can be, in the right context.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2021
Noun
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The legalese can be daunting, and insurance companies have a team of lawyers at their disposal.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
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To help parse the legalese, Lex Machina has developed a set of rules—a sort of legal grammar for the machine.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2013
Noun
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Details of new initiatives were bogged down by mind-numbing bureaucratese.Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
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The most striking aspect of Putin’s failure to accept responsibility for the Kursk disaster was his retreat into bureaucratese.Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020
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Apologies to the Lois Lane stans out there, but Adams is mostly on hand in these movies to deliver stern gobbledygook (something about isotopes?) and stare at Henry Cavill’s cheekbones.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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So, of course, their stony-eyed dedication to taking this inspirational gobbledygook seriously has gone viral.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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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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“Technobabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technobabble. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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