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gobbledygook

/ˈɡɒb.əl.diˌɡuːk/

/ˈɡɑː.bəl.diˌɡuk/

gobbledygooknoun

/ˈɡɒb.əl.diˌɡuːk/

/ˈɡɑː.bəl.diˌɡuk/

Translations

charabiaLangage obscur, truffé de jargon ou difficile à comprendre.

The report was full of legal gobbledygook.

Le rapport était plein de charabia juridique.

Additional translations

galimatiasPlus littéraire; discours ou texte confus et dénué de sens.

Definitions

Language, writing, or speech that is difficult to understand because it uses too much jargon or is overly complicated.

The report was full of legal gobbledygook.

Meaningless, confusing, or silly talk or writing.

He dismissed the explanation as pure gobbledygook.

Synonyms

word salad

Antonyms

plain language

plain speech

meaningful language

gobbledygookadjective

Mainly used attributively to mean 'full of gobbledygook; jargon-filled and difficult to understand'.

Translations

incompréhensibleSe dit d’un texte, d’un propos ou d’un document truffé de jargon et difficile à comprendre.

She sent me a gobbledygook memo that nobody could decode.

Elle m’a envoyé un mémo incompréhensible que personne n’a pu déchiffrer.

Additional translations

absconsPlus soutenu; difficile à saisir intellectuellement.

Definitions

Full of gobbledygook; written or spoken in a way that is jargon-heavy and hard to understand.

She sent me a gobbledygook memo that nobody could decode.