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gibberish.

Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/
  1. Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

    uncountable · usually
  2. Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

    uncountable · usually
  3. A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

adj/ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/
  1. unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

Where this word comes from

First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.

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