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Gobbledygook - Definition of Gobbledygook at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary Etymology for gobbl... Doublespeak in ever... Common euphemisms...
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Lately more and more of the printed materials I encounter in everyday life could reasonably be classified as "gobbledygook." That includes everything from tax form instructions to credit card statements to the directions on microwave popcorn, which always seem to warn me against burning the stuff, certainly a laudable...
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This is the swot's corner Etymology dial. var. of sweat; Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. "Gobbledegook" may appear in some dictionaries as "gobbledygook". The etymology of "gibberish" is unknown, but thought to be onomatopoeic.
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WordNet: gobbledygook "To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government; you can't believe what they say; and you can't rely on their judgment.
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gobbledygook. One entry found. Main Entry: gob·ble·dy·gook. Variant(s): also gob·ble·de·gook \ˈgä-bəl-dē-ˌgu̇k, -ˌgük\. Function: noun. Etymology: irregular...
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"Gobbledygook": banned in several UK firms as sexual harassment because of its sound. (Etymology); The word "monkey" is of uncertain origin; its first known usage was in 1498 when it was used in the literary work Reynard the Fox as the name of the son of Martin the Ape.
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Creations (coinages) words which are created at a given point in time; words which do not have an etymology in the standard sense (e.g. English "gobbledygook").
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