different between gobbledygook vs galimatias

English

Alternative forms

• gobbledegook; gobblygook, garbley gook, gobbly-gook

Etymology

First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey.

Mr. Maury Maverick was, incidentally, the grandson of lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick, whose behaviour regarding his cattle inspired the term maverick ("offbeat").

Pronunciation

Noun

gobbledygook (usually uncountable, plural gobbledygooks)

1. (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
2. (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /??æl??me??i.?s/, /-?mæti.?s/

Noun

galimatias (uncountable)

1. nonsense, gobbledygook

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense
2. confused mixture; hodgepodge

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• galimathias (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Ancient Greek ???? ???????? (katá Matthaîon, “according to Matthew”), in reference to the way he describes the genealogy at the beginning of his Gospel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.li.ma.tj?/

Noun

galimatias m (plural galimatias)

1. nonsense, gobbledygook, galimatias

Descendants

Further reading

• “galimatias” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

References

Polish

Etymology

From French galimatias.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l?i?mat.jas/

Noun

galimatias m inan

1. (colloquial) mishmash, hotchpotch

   Synonym: miszmasz

Declension

Further reading

• galimatias in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias.

Noun

galimatias m (plural galimatias)

1. galimatias; gobbledygook (meaningless speech)

Romanian

Etymology

From French galimatias.

Noun

galimatias n (uncountable)

1. galimatias

Declension