bafflegab

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/ˈbæfəlɡæb/

Definition of bafflegab

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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noun

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

verb

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From baffle + gab, coined 1952.

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