jabbery

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English

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Etymology

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From jabber +‎ -y.

Adjective

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jabbery (comparative more jabbery, superlative most jabbery)

  1. Characterised by jabbering.
    • 2008 January 13, Ben Ratliff, “Easy Slogans, Twinkly Funk and One Busy String”, in New York Times[1]:
      The English band Crass sounded like a bag of rocks: scrabbly drum rolls, clanky guitars, no bass end, the words a jabbery Cockney caterwaul through endless stanzas of common meter.