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Jab⋅ber⋅wock⋅y

  [jab-er-wok-ee] noun, plural -wock⋅ies, adjective
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–noun
1. a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
2. an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
–adjective
3. consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.
Also, Jab⋅ber⋅wock  [jab-er-wok] .

Origin:
coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)
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jab·ber·wock·y   (jāb'ər-wŏk'ē)   
n.  Nonsensical speech or writing.

[After "Jabberwocky," a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Jabberwocky 
1872, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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