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as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk
was so excited he could only talk gibberish
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as in gobbledegook
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions
all I got from the doctor's gibberish was that I had a sore throat, which I already knew
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Recent Examples of gibberish
This is compounded by the fact that at the center of the black hole lies a singularity, at which point all our laws of physics break down, making gibberish of even our most nuanced and profound achievements in physics.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The pressure of the moment led Ferrell to spurt out total gibberish in his telling — and his flub was so bad that SNL boss Lorne Michaels paid him a visit backstage.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Let Us Show You How GPT Works — Using Jane Austen
An interactive demonstration of how large language models work, from gibberish to complete sentences.
—The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
Given this strange combination—Iron Guard nostalgia and Russian trolls plus the sort of wellness gibberish more commonly associated with Gwyneth Paltrow—who exactly are the Georgescus?
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
The pressure of the moment led Ferrell to spurt out total gibberish in his telling — and his flub was so bad that SNL boss Lorne Michaels paid him a visit backstage.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Let Us Show You How GPT Works — Using Jane Austen
An interactive demonstration of how large language models work, from gibberish to complete sentences.
—The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
Given this strange combination—Iron Guard nostalgia and Russian trolls plus the sort of wellness gibberish more commonly associated with Gwyneth Paltrow—who exactly are the Georgescus?
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibberish
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But when real users interact with it, the system collapses, generating nonsense or failing to handle inputs that deviate from the demo script.—
Albert Lie,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Slapping down Putin should mean something, but that pronouncement, like everything Trump utters, is undercut by him spouting nonsense, including about a third term, which his press secretary laughed off yesterday.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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As always, Yellowjackets is full of mind-bending detours, supernatural gobbledygook, and foliage-laden costumes.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Apologies to the Lois Lane stans out there, but Adams is mostly on hand in these movies to deliver stern gobbledygook (something about isotopes?) and stare at Henry Cavill’s cheekbones.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2024
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His rhetoric is dramatically changing the U.S. relationship with the world.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Musk has faced criticism for his aggressive rhetoric toward international actors and interference with politics both home and abroad, culminating in his failure to secure a Republican victory at the Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Of course, there’s a lot more rigmarole involved when selling on the secondary market, including sellers’ fees, but that gap between the valuations is wide.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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But not as weird as the rigmarole of the music industry.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 June 2023
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In the case of viral chatter, the message would be a human pandemic.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Instead of dialogue, the SEAL team communicates through chatter.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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“Gibberish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibberish. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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