Bafflegab
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæfəlɡæb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bafflegab is a noun meaning Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
Meaning
Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
More Meanings
- (rare) To use pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language.
Example Sentences
Teachout has a gift for slicing through the bafflegab and revealing that the grifter's patter disguises nothing more than unimaginative, sociopathic scams.
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.
Word Forms
- bafflegabs
- bafflegabbing
- bafflegabbed
Synonyms for bafflegab
Depending on context, synonyms include gobbledygook.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gibberish, gasbaggery, alembication, verbage, verbiage, wordage.
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