bafflegab
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bafflegab
- /ˈbæfəlɡæb/
Where it comes from
From baffle + gab, coined 1952.
noun
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Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
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.
Similar: gobbledygook
verb bafflegabs · bafflegabbing · bafflegabbed
- To use pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language.
Talk about this word "bafflegab." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bafflegab. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bafflegab. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bafflegab "bafflegab." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bafflegab.Cite this
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