bafflegab

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English

Etymology

baffle +‎ gab, coined 1952[1].

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈbæfəɫɡæb/

Noun

bafflegab (uncountable)

  1. Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
    • 2015, Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner, Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction:
      Toss in a few technical terms that most people don't understand--"stochastic" this, "regression" that--and you can use people's justified respect for math and science to get them nodding along. This is granularity as bafflegab.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Quinion, Michael. "Bafflegab." World Wide Words, 25 Jun. 2005.
  • Joe Miller (2018 February 9) “Are these the worst examples of business jargon?”, in BBC News‎[1], BBC
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