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-babble, comb. form colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈbæb(ə)l|
[f. babble n. after psychobabble n. s.v. psycho-, etc.]
Used as the second element in combinations denoting various types of confusing or pretentious jargon, esp. that characteristic of a specified field or group. See also Eurobabble s.v. *Euro- 2 a; technobabble s.v. *techno-.
1988Jrnl. Design Hist. I. 137/1 Pure reversal emerges in design terms as the pseudo-babble of the cult of kitsch, the pursuit of the quaint. 1989Los Angeles Times 2 Apr. 106/5 There is marvelous chutzpah in this essentially conservative art... It reads as an icon of the American West, an impersonal symbol of sterility and renewal... What kind of art-babble is that? 1990Ibid. 1 Feb. E. 1/5 Is the environmental hoopla resonating through the halls of American business ‘mere corporate ecobabble intended to placate the latest group of special-interest loonies?’ 1990Artnews Apr. 62/2 Their book..is a remarkable condensation of psycho-babble and docent-babble. They simply psychologize their way through his life. 1991C. Paglia in Arion Spring 150 Sometimes a penis is not a penis. A phallus, in Francobabble, is just a power tool. 1992Dominguez & Robin Your Money or your Life ix. 293 If..[they] can't agree among themselves, why should you confuse yourself with trying to understand their econobabble? |