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gob⋅ble⋅de⋅gook

  [gob-uhl-dee-gook]
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–noun
language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
Also, gob⋅ble⋅dy⋅gook.

Origin:
1940–45; fanciful formation from gobble 2

Synonyms:
gibberish, doubletalk, bosh, mumbo jumbo.
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gob·ble·dy·gook also gob·ble·de·gook   (gŏb'əl-dē-gŏŏk')   
n.  Unclear, wordy jargon.

[Imitative of the gobbling of a turkey.]
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gobbledygook 
1944, Amer.Eng., first used by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick, D.-Texas, (1895-1954), a grandson of the original maverick (q.v.) and chairman of U.S. Smaller War Plants Corporation during World War II. First used in a memo dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language" and mock-threateaning, "anyone using the words activation or implementation will be shot." Maverick said he made up the word in imitation of turkey noise.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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