gobbledygook

Alternative forms

 * ; gobblygook, garbley gook, gobbly-gook

Etymology
First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) 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, whose behaviour regarding his cattle inspired the term maverick ("offbeat").

Noun

 * 1)  Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
 * 2)  Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bavl,, sludder, vrøvl
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: galimatio
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , Gibberisch, Gromolo
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian: fesserie,, ,
 * Japanese: 珍紛漢紛
 * Maori: reo kihi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tullprat,
 * Nynorsk: kaudervelsk, galimatias
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:, , , , ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, geschwollenes Zeug , aufgeblasenes Gesülze
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: reo kihi
 * Swedish:, högtravande kanslistil