gibble-gabble

[gib-uhl-gab-uhl]

gib·ble-gab·ble

[gib-uhl-gab-uhl] noun, verb, gib·ble-gab·bled, gib·ble-gab·bling.
noun
1.
senseless chatter.
verb (used without object)
2.
to engage in gibble-gabble.

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Gibble-gabble is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.

Origin:
1590–1600; gradational compound from gabble

gib·ble-gab·bler, noun
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