Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

econobabble

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: econob-a-b-ble
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessively obscure economic jargon.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Once you cut through all the econobabble, it says we're headed for a recession."
"Politicians now use econobabble as a tool of mass confusion, aimed at scaring the public into doing things they don't want to do while narrowing our policy choices."
"Today's orthodoxy (free market economy) is being spearheaded by the Bank and the Fund through the Structural Adjustment Programme that has a rather suggestive acronym of SAP. The phrase, now part of the current econobabble […]"

Etymology

From econo- + babble.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

technobabble

Questions

What does econobabble mean?: Excessively obscure economic jargon.
Where does econobabble come from?: From econo- + babble.

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