as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk
when he gets angry, he talks in a sort of agitated jabberwocky that is really quite comical
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This smacks of fake tough guy nonsense.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025 -
And then a lot of nonsense, which comes with the script.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Two types of story dominated the chatter in the newsroom this week.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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Read the Room While everyone’s all for friendly chatter before the game or between plays, once the ball’s in the air, many folks will want to focus all attention on what’s happening on screen.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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My last thought, here, beware of the endless gibberish about the hazards of rotations.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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Her toddler, who was almost two, leaned over the railing and called out to the agents in baby gibberish, but the agents did not acknowledge her.—
Jordan Salama,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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But besides all the business mumbo jumbo, there is nothing like doing comedy for a live audience and getting that feedback and that energy.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
10 July 2025
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This is the familiar mumbo jumbo that Hollywood loves to attach to surfing, to highlight the metaphysical connection that surfers have to the waves, the ocean, and maybe even the cosmos.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Web is for unvarnished interactions, long rants and video burbles and buffering.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 July 2025
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The burble of boiling water, a cauldron between them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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“Jabberwocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jabberwocky. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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