Gobbledygook (ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk)

Close your eyes for a second and think of a turkey. What sound does it make? Does it sound something like “gobble, gobble, gobble”? That’s exactly where this word came from!

Created from the meaningless sound that turkeys make, gobbledygook(noun) was originally an American English word. It was created in the 1940’s to mean words that are nonsense or have no meaning. It also describes when people use too many technical words and so other people can’t understand what they’e saying.

“The Director was talking a load of gobbledygook in that meeting. I have no idea what he wants!”