Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryptobabble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryp-to-b-a-b-ble
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Communication that is in code or encrypted, and therefore not comprehensible.

Uncountable

noun

Technical jargon or pseudolanguage that seems incomprehensible.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Just knowing that he has heard cryptobabble is enough to bring teams of assassins to Switzerland to silence the November Man, who had sworn off spywork to please Rita Macklin, his live-in lover."
"Cryptobabble: How Encryption Export Disputes Are Shaping Free Speech for the New Millennium"
"The other day, this jackass cryptographer who sits next to me at work f-sound what looked like a p-p-password in an old Gmail message, mixed in with a bunch of cryptobabble."
"His mathbabble is as bad as his cryptobabble."
"If the abbreviations begin to look like typical database cryptobabble, you needn’t bother with them, if you don’t mind typing in full sentences, which do approximate the mother tongue rather closely."
"I've noticed that a certain biostatistician that I occasionally work with always talks in similar cryptobabble with me."

Etymology

From crypto- + babble.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: crypto

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

technobabble

Questions

What does cryptobabble mean?: Communication that is in code or encrypted, and therefore not comprehensible.
Where does cryptobabble come from?: From crypto- + babble.

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