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单词 bafflegab
释义

bafflegab

noun

baf·​fle·​gab ˈba-fəl-ˌgab How to pronounce bafflegab (audio)
: gobbledygook

Synonyms

  • double-talk
  • gibberish
  • gobbledygook
  • gobbledegook
  • rigmarole
  • rigamarole
  • song and dance
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Example Sentences

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.

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

bafflegab

noun

as in gobbledygook
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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • gobbledygook
  • rhetoric
  • gibberish
  • gobbledegook
  • rigmarole
  • hype
  • double-talk
  • psychobabble
  • legalese
  • technobabble
  • bureaucratese
  • rigamarole
  • computerese
  • fustian
  • song and dance
  • grandiloquence
  • bombast
  • educationese
  • oratory
  • governmentese
  • hot air
  • wind
  • gas
  • Pentagonese
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