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    gibberish (jĭbˈbẽr‑ĭsh or  gĭbˈbẽr‑ĭsh), n. [From Gibber, v. i.]
    1. Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words.

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    He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go;

    All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to know. Drayton.

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    Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

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    2. Incomprehensible, obscure, or pretentious technical talk or writing; excessively obscure jargon.

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  2.       
    Gibberish, a. Unmeaning; as, “gibberish language”.

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