How do you use Gobbledygook in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like jargon, plus the exact meaning.
Gobbledygook in a sentence
Gobbledygook meaning
- Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
- Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
Synonyms of Gobbledygook
Using Gobbledygook
- The main meaning on this page is: Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. | Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
- Useful related words include: jargon.
- In the example corpus, gobbledygook often appears in combinations such as: of gobbledygook.
Context around Gobbledygook
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gobbledygook
- In this selection, "gobbledygook" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usual, bureaucratic, disingenuous, word, rest and refer stand out and add context to how "gobbledygook" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as usual gobbledygook word salads and bunch of gobbledygook. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gobbledygook" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gobbledygook
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Which all sounds like gobbledygook to me. (7 words)
Here he has spoken nothing but balderdash, gobbledygook and nonsense. (10 words)
Any piecemeal reform will get crushed under the decades of disingenuous gobbledygook that the Federalist Society’s judges have strung together. (21 words)
He then delivers to her father a " diagnosis " which consists of strings of gobbledygook, dog latin and recursive explanations which conclude with an authoritative "and so that is why your daughter is mute" ("Et voilà pourquoi votre fille est muette"). (40 words)
Her answers were, as usual, gobbledygook word salads meant to protect her from any liability for the disastrous crimes that have been visited upon innocents since day one of the Biden-Harris administration. (33 words)
The great orator had been reduced to spouting bureaucratic gobbledygook, as he unleashed a Dad's Army of Warden Hodges wannabes to enforce his draconian new restrictions on individual freedom. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
Her answers were, as usual, gobbledygook word salads meant to protect her from any liability for the disastrous crimes that have been visited upon innocents since day one of the Biden-Harris administration.
Which all sounds like gobbledygook to me.
The great orator had been reduced to spouting bureaucratic gobbledygook, as he unleashed a Dad's Army of Warden Hodges wannabes to enforce his draconian new restrictions on individual freedom.
Any piecemeal reform will get crushed under the decades of disingenuous gobbledygook that the Federalist Society’s judges have strung together.
If that sounds like technical gobbledygook, rest assured that it is good news for anyone fed up with fielding — or trying to ignore — unwanted phone calls.
The majority of Brazilians who were not seduced by Bolsonaro’s “salvationist gobbledygook” had little left but pessimism, the newspaper added.
Here he has spoken nothing but balderdash, gobbledygook and nonsense.
For redirect Gibberish or Jibberish and gobbledygook refer to speech or other use of language that is nonsense, or that appears to be nonsense.
He then delivers to her father a " diagnosis " which consists of strings of gobbledygook, dog latin and recursive explanations which conclude with an authoritative "and so that is why your daughter is mute" ("Et voilà pourquoi votre fille est muette").
Nixon's Oval Office tape from June 14, 1971, showed H. R. Haldeman describing a situation to Nixon as "a bunch of gobbledygook.
The allusion was to a turkey, "always gobbledygobbling and strutting with ridiculous pomposity." citation citation History The term "gobbledygook" has a long history of usage in politics.
The word gibberish is more commonly applied to informal speech, while gobbledygook (sometimes gobbledegook, gobbledigook or gobbledegoo) is more often applied to writing.
Common combinations with gobbledygook
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of gobbledygook 2×