gobbledygook means Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Why this word is great
GOBBLEDYGOOK — [Noun] Language that is pompous, wordy, and filled with jargon to the point of being incomprehensible or meaningless. First attested in 1944, coined by U.S. Representative Maury Maverick in imitation of the gobbling sound of a turkey. Unlike “gibberish” (which denotes random, unstructured nonsense) or “jargon” (which can be precise, meaningful shorthand for initiates), gobbledygook is a premeditated smokescreen of complexity, a verbal edifice built to obscure. It is the turgid sludge of a corporate memo, the serpentine clause of a software license, the bloodless euphemism of an official press release—a crafted noise designed not to communicate, but to intimidate and absolve; it is the formalized sound of authority disguising an absence of thought.
noun
- Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
- Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.