gobbledygook
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At issue was Likely’s post-reception action, and whether or not he had completed the proper sequence of steps and moves to satisfy that all-purpose bit of NFL gobbledygook:
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
Until the “useless” headline sparked outrage, nobody at MSN seemed to realize that their news page was larded with gobbledygook.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
Is this person who is speaking strange syllables, seemingly in a language I don't understand, are they just doing gobbledygook?
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023
It’s complete gobbledygook, unless you read it with Kissinger’s dissertation in mind.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2022
Rafik mumbled some gobbledygook to Omer that probably meant “comrade.”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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