gobbledygook
noun
gob·ble·dy·gook
ˈgä-bəl-dē-ˌgu̇k 
-ˌgük
variants
or less commonly gobbledegook
: wordy and generally unintelligible jargon
Examples of gobbledygook in a Sentence
The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook.
cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be
Recent Examples on the Web
Meaningless gobbledygook to an outsider, yet powerful to those who know how to wield those sounds properly.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed
The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
The six-episode limited series feels like a long movie broken into arbitrary episodes, its ending is mired by digital gobbledygook, and Marvel still doesn’t know how magic makes sense in a universe ruled by advanced technology and literal gods.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2025
As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Bob Kring DeBary Congressional bill is full of greed
The Great Big Beautiful Bill reads like 950 pages of of gobbledygook distilled into four words: Greedy, stingy, mean and short-sighted.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
The six-episode limited series feels like a long movie broken into arbitrary episodes, its ending is mired by digital gobbledygook, and Marvel still doesn’t know how magic makes sense in a universe ruled by advanced technology and literal gods.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2025
As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gobbledygook
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“Gobbledygook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobbledygook. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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gobbledygook
noun
gob·ble·dy·gook
variants
also gobbledegook
: wordy and generally meaningless jargon
Etymology
a playful expansion of gobble (noun) "a noise like that of a turkey"
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