gobbledygook

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• /ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/
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• /ˈɡɑːb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/
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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.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: безсмислица (bezsmislica) — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Bulgarian: празнословие (praznoslovie) — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Chinese Mandarin: 天書 /天书 (tiānshū) — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Czech: hatmatilka — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Danish: bavl — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Danish: kaudervælsk — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Danish: sludder — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Danish: vrøvl — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Dutch: koeterwaals — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Esperanto: galimatio — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Finnish: liirumlaarum — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Finnish: diibadaaba — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Finnish: hölynpöly — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• French: charabia — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• French: gloubi-boulga — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• German: Geschwafel — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• German: Kauderwelsch — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• German: Gibberisch — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• German: Gromolo — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Hungarian: halandzsa — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Hungarian: maszlag — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Hungarian: blabla — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Hungarian: hadova — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Hungarian: hablaty — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Indonesian: bahasa planet — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: fesserie — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: sciocchezze — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: supercazzola — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: idiozie — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: fuffa — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Italian: latinorum — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Japanese: 珍紛漢紛 (chinpunkanpun) — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Latin: ineptiae — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Latin: dēlīrāmentum — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Māori: reo kihi — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Norwegian Bokmål: tullprat — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Norwegian Bokmål: vrøvl — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaudervelsk — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: galimatias — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Polish: bełkot — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Portuguese: algaravia — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Russian: галиматья́ (galimatʹjá) — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Serbo-Croatian: galimatijas — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Serbo-Croatian: lupetanje — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: gallimatias — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: rappakalja — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: dravel — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: struntprat — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: goja — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Swedish: strunt — nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language
• Bulgarian: сложнотия (složnotija) — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Finnish: kapulakieli — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• French: galimatias — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• German: Fachchinesisch — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• German: geschwollenes Zeug — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• German: aufgeblasenes Gesülze — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Hungarian: bikkfanyelv — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Indonesian: bahasa dewa — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Italian: burocratese — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Māori: reo kihi — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Swedish: fikonspråk — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner
• Swedish: högtravande kanslistil — something written or said in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner