Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bafflegab

/ˈbæfəlɡæb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baf-fle-gab
IPA: /ˈbæfəlɡæb/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.

Uncountable

verb

To use pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Teachout has a gift for slicing through the bafflegab and revealing that the grifter's patter disguises nothing more than unimaginative, sociopathic scams."

Etymology

From baffle + gab, coined 1952.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bafflegabs (present, singular) bafflegabbing (participle, present) bafflegabbed (participle, past) bafflegabbed (past)

Synonyms

gobbledygook

Questions

How do you pronounce bafflegab?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæfəlɡæb/.
What does bafflegab mean?: Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.
Where does bafflegab come from?: From baffle + gab, coined 1952.

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