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gibberish

[ jib-er-ish, gib- ]

noun

  1. meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.


gibberish

/ ˈɪəɪʃ /

noun

  1. rapid chatter like that of monkeys
  2. incomprehensible talk; nonsense
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gibberish1

1545–55; apparently gibber + -ish 1, on the model of language names so formed
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Later that evening, Mr Williams began to "talk gibberish", pass out and wake up shouting "help me".

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Other parents said their children have been having potty accidents again, speaking in baby talk or gibberish, sleeping in their parents’ bed and throwing tantrums over small changes in routines.

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Once, when Aden’s in the middle of telling Long exactly how to behave, Lee takes us inside Long’s head and we hear muffled gibberish.

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To an outsider, the scene might sound like an episode of “Storage Wars” — gibberish over a megaphone — and look a bit like a zombie apocalypse.

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"All the words sounded like gibberish when I was in the actual lecture, and I was trying to hear," she said.

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