gibberish

== English == === Etymology === First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, +‎ -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/ === Noun === gibberish (usually uncountable, plural gibberishes) Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless. Needlessly obscure or overly technical language. (uncountable) A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word. ==== Synonyms ==== gibber See also Thesaurus:nonsense ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== double Dutch framis gobbledygook, gobbledegook galimatias jargon mumbo jumbo nonsense rhubarb rhubarb === Adjective === gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish) unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless