gobbledygook or
gobbledegook, noun (slang). Pompous official jargon. It is an imitation of the
sound that turkeys make.
In a sentence: „I can’t understand this legal text.
It sounds all like gobbledygook.“
I picked this word
as my first word, because obviously it sounds very funny. It is probably meant
that way, to make fun of people who use incomprehensible words, signifying
little, in order to sound important.
This term was coined
by Maury Maverick, a Member of Congress of the first half of the 20th
century. Interestingly enough, his grandfather is the source of another word,
maverick, which means showing independence in thoughts or actions.
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