Definition of argle-bargle in English:
argle-bargle
nounˈɑːɡ(ə)lˌbɑːɡ(ə)lˌɑrɡəlˈbɑrɡəl
mass noun1Copious but meaningless talk or writing; waffle.
bureaucratic argle-bargle
Example sentencesExamples
- I'll spare you the technical argle-bargle.
- The folks on the Nova Roma group are having an argle-bargle about it.
- That's the gist of the new national security report, 49 pages of argle-bargle updated from argle-bargle of 2002.
Synonyms
jargon, unintelligible language, obscure language
2
another term for argy-bargy
Origin
Early 19th century: reduplication of dialect argle, a late 16th-century alteration of argue.
Definition of argle-bargle in US English:
argle-bargle
nounˌɑrɡəlˈbɑrɡəlˌärɡəlˈbärɡəl
1Copious but meaningless talk or writing; nonsense.
bureaucratic argle-bargle
Example sentencesExamples
- That's the gist of the new national security report, 49 pages of argle-bargle updated from argle-bargle of 2002.
- The folks on the Nova Roma group are having an argle-bargle about it.
- I'll spare you the technical argle-bargle.
Synonyms
jargon, unintelligible language, obscure language
2
another term for argy-bargy
Origin
Early 19th century: reduplication of dialect argle, a late 16th-century alteration of argue.