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gobbledygook
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)
- (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
- (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Translations
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hogwash
English
Etymology
From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog +? wash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h??w??/
Noun
hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)
- (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
- Synonyms: nonsense; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
- (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]
- Synonyms: slop, slops, swill
Related terms
- pigwash
- pigswill from swill
- See Derived terms of wash
Translations
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