gibberish
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gibberish
- /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/
Where it comes from
First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish.
noun gibberishes
- Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
- Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
- A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.
Similar: gibber
adjective more gibberish · most gibberish
- unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
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noun
Similar: gibber
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noun unintelligible speech or writing
| Español | algarabía, farfulla, monserga, guirigay |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 횡설수설 hoengseolsuseol |
| 日本語 | でたらめ detarame, 珍紛漢紛 chinpunkanpun, ちんぷんかんぷん chinpunkanpun |
| 中文 | 亂語 /乱语 luànyǔ, 胡言亂語 /胡言乱语 húyán luànyǔ, 胡話 /胡话 húhuà |
| हिन्दी | अनाप-शनाप anāp-śanāp |
| Português | algaravia, grego |
| Français | baragouin, charabia, chinois, galimatias |
| Deutsch | Kauderwelsch, Kokolores, Gequassel, Geschwafel |
| Italiano | farfuglio, borbottio, baggianata, corbelleria, ostrogoto, arabo |
| Ελληνικά | ασυναρτησίες asynartisíes, αλαμπουρνέζικα alampournézika, κινέζικα kinézika |
| Русский | тараба́рщина tarabárščina, невня́тность nevnjátnostʹ, белиберда́ beliberdá, галиматья́ galimatʹjá, абракада́бра abrakadábra, пти́чий язы́к ptíčij jazýk |
| العربية | رَطَانَة raṭāna |
| עברית | קַשְׁקֶשֶׁת f גִ׳יבְּרִישׁ kaškešet |
noun needlessly obscure or overly technical language
| Español | galimatías, guirigay |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ちんぷんかんぷん chinpunkanpun |
| 中文 | 亂語 /乱语 luànyǔ, 胡言亂語 /胡言乱语 húyán luànyǔ, 胡話 /胡话 húhuà |
| हिन्दी | अनाप-शनाप anāp-śanāp |
| Português | jargão |
| Deutsch | Fachchinesisch |
| Русский | тараба́рщина tarabárščina, белиберда́ beliberdá, бессмы́слица bessmýslica |
| العربية | ثَرْثَرَة ṯarṯara, بَرْبَرَة barbara |
Talk about this word "gibberish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gibberish. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. gibberish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gibberish "gibberish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gibberish.Cite this
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title = {gibberish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gibberish},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
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