bafflegab

noun

ˈba-fəl-ˌgab How to pronounce bafflegab (audio)
Definition of bafflegabnext
as in gobbledegook
language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions I kept asking the telemarketer what the final cost of the "special offer" was, and all I got was more bafflegab about deferred payments, option to cancel at any point, etc.

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  1. gobbledygook
  2. rhetoric
  3. gibberish
  4. double-talk
  5. rigmarole
  6. hype
Noun
  • Roberts’s majority opinion is pure gobbledygook The Bruen decision placed an enormously high burden on any government lawyer trying to convince a court that any gun law is constitutional.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 June 2024
  • Others claimed the leaks were just artificial intelligence gobbledygook.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
Definition of gobbledygook
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  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of rhetoric
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  • In addition to all that work, Coffin voices the demented gibberish spewed by the Minions, the bright yellow creatures who work alongside Gru. Renaud, who co-helmed the fourth installment with Patrick Delage, says that the French influence was also there from the start.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2024
  • For example, at one point the voice suddenly sped up and spewed gibberish.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of gibberish
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  • Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of double-talk
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  • Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
  • Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Definition of rigmarole
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  • Star Wars hype was on a high following the success two years earlier of The Force Awakens which grossed $2.1 billion according to industry analyst Box Office Mojo.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, pre-album hype isn’t a complete explanation; Chromakopia ultimately lived up to the hype, ensuring that its consumption numbers didn’t dramatically taper off as the tracking week continued.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hype
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