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[edit] Etymology
ca. 16th century. Either an onomatopeia, imitating to the sound of chatter, probably influenced by jabber, or derived from the root of the Irish gob (“the mouth”).[1]
[edit] Pronunciation
gibberish (usually uncountable; plural gibberishes)
- speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
- needlessly obscure or overly technical language
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[edit] Translations
unintelligible speech or writing
- Albanian: dërdëllisje (sq)
- Arabic: رطانة (ar) (raTaana) f.
- Armenian: դատարկաբանություն (datarkabanut'yun), ցնորք (hy) (c’nork’)
- Bulgarian: безсмислици (bg) (bezsmislitsi) f. pl., глупости (bg) (gluposti) f. pl.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 亂語 (cmn), 乱语 (cmn) (luànyǔ), 胡言亂語 (cmn), 胡言乱语 (cmn) (húyán luànyǔ), 胡話 (cmn), 胡话 (cmn) (húhuà)
- Danish: vrøvl (da) n., volapyk (da) n., kaudervælsk (da) n., nonsens (da) n.
- Dutch: gewauwel n., koeterwaals (nl) n., wartaal
- Finnish: siansaksa (fi)
- French: baragouin (fr) m., galimatias (fr) m., charabia (fr) m.
- Georgian: გაუგებარი მეტყველება (gaugebari metq‘veleba), გაუგებარი ყბედობა (gaugebari q‘bedoba), აბდაუბდა (abdaubda)
- German: Kauderwelsch (de) n., Kokolores (de) m., Gequassel (de) n.
- Greek: ασυναρτησίες (el) (asinartisíes), αλαμπουρνέζικα (el)
- Hebrew: ג'יבריש (he) (jibrish)
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- Hungarian: badarság (hu), zagyvaság (hu)
- Indonesian: pepesan kosong (id), bahasa raban (id)
- Irish: gibiris (ga) f.
- Italian: farfuglio (it) m., borbottio (it) m.
- Japanese: ちんぷんかんぷん (ja) (chimpun-kampun)
- Korean: 난센스 (ko) (nansenseu)
- Macedonian: брборење (mk) (brbórenje) n., баботење (mk) (babótenje) n.
- Polish: jazgot (pl) m., bełkot (pl) m.
- Portuguese: algaravia (pt) f.
- Russian: тарабарщина (ru) (tarabárščina) f., невнятность (ru) (nevnjátnost’) f., белеберда (ru) (beleberdá) f., галиматья (ru) (galimat'já) f.
- Spanish: algarabía (es) f., farfulla (es) f., monserga (es) f.
- Swedish: nonsens (sv)
- Turkish: saçma (tr)
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needlessly obscure or overly technical language
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[edit] Adjective
gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)
- unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
[edit] References
- ^ Mackay, Charles A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, pp. 183-184, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887