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• gobbledegook — 1. The term, though not the concept, was unknown to Fowler (1926); Gowers (1965) knew it, but like Fowler put his material in an entry called jargon. Gobbledegook (or gobbledygook) is the extensive use of unintelligible jargon in printed… …   Modern English usage

• gobbledegook — UK / US or gobbledygook UK [ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk] / US [ˈɡɑb(ə)ldɪˌɡuk] noun [uncountable] informal 1) very complicated or technical language that you cannot understand 2) nonsense …   English dictionary

• gobbledegook — /ˈgɒbldiˌgʊk / (say gobldee.gook), / ˌguk/ (say .goohk) noun Colloquial 1. any utterance or writing that the listener or reader does not understand, usually because it is in a foreign language. 2. language characterised by circumlocution and… …  

• gobbledegook or gobbledygook — gob|ble|de|gook or gob|ble|dy|gook [ gabldi,guk ] noun uncount INFORMAL 1. ) very complicated or technical language that you cannot understand 2. ) nonsense …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• gobbledegook — [20] This word for pretentious or obfuscatory verbiage was the invention, in the 1940s, of Maury Maverick, Texan lawyer, chairman of the US Smaller War Plants Corporation and a descendant of the Samuel A. Maverick who gave English the word… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• gobbledegook — [20] This word for pretentious or obfuscatory verbiage was the invention, in the 1940s, of Maury Maverick, Texan lawyer, chairman of the US Smaller War Plants Corporation and a descendant of the Samuel A. Maverick who gave English the word… …   Word origins

• gobbledygook gobbledegook — noun (U) informal complicated language, especially in an official document, that seems to have no meaning …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• gobbledygook — gobbledegook UK / US or gobbledygook UK [ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk] / US [ˈɡɑb(ə)ldɪˌɡuk] noun [uncountable] informal 1) very complicated or technical language that you cannot understand 2) nonsense …   English dictionary

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• Gobbledygook — or gobbledegook (sometimes shortened to gobbledegoo, gobbledeegook [ [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gobbledeegook gobbledeegook] at urbandictionary.com] or other forms [ [http://uktsupport.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=10342… …   Wikipedia

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