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gobbledygook
[gob-uhl-dee-gook] 
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gobbledygook
[gob-uhl-dee-gook]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | amphigory, balderdash, baloney, bosh, bull*, bunk, cant, drivel, gibberish, hooey, macaronics, rigmarole, rubbish* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | falderal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | folderol, foolishness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, baloney, bunk, craziness, garbage, gibberish, gobbledygook, horse feathers, lunacy, nonsense, stupidity, twaddle |
| Main Entry: | gibberish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense talk |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash, blah-blah, blather, chatter, claptrap, double talk, drivel, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, jabber, jargon, mumbo jumbo, palaver*, prattle, scat, twaddle, yammer |
| Antonyms: | sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rigmarole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | babble, balderdash, baloney, blather, bull, bunk, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, gobbledygook, hogwash, hot air, jargon, jive, madness, mumbo jumbo, palaver, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, trash* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mumbo jumbo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | claptrap, double-talk, empty talk, gibberish, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hogwash, mere words, obscuration |
| Main Entry: | double Dutch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incomprehensible talk or writing |
| Synonyms: | Choctaw, Greek, babble, baloney, gibberish, gobbledygook, hogwash, hokum, hooey, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, rubbish |
| Main Entry: | jabberwocky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gibberish |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, babble, balderdash, blah-blah, blather, chatter, claptrap, double talk, drivel, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, jabber, jargon, mumbo jumbo, palaver*, prattle, scat, twaddle, yammer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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