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gobbledygook

gobb·le·dy·gook

UK/ˈɡɒbəldɪˌɡuːk/ US/ˈɡɑːbəldɪˌɡuːk/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

Origin

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.

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