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    [Noun]  | "baf*fle*gab" | \ ˈba-fəl-ˌgab \


    1: gobbledygook


    Origin: 1952 ;

    [Noun]  | "bafflegab" 


    1: language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions;


      * e.g., " ... I kept asking the telemarketer what the final cost of the special offer was, and all I got was more bafflegab about deferred payments, option to cancel at any point, etc. "



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     [ "bafflegab" ]

    1: Meaningless answer to a question

      * e.g.,  ... I asked her to tell the truth and say you love me, and all I got was "bafflegab" 

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    1: băfəl-găb noun Speaking in a way that is incomprehensible, confusing, wordy, and filled with pretentious rhetoric so that the listener(s) are perplexed or kept from understanding, especially to frustrate or prevent listener(s) from taking action. Confounding and nonsensical talk or language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions with the purpose of obscuring, confusing, hindering, and/or misleading the listener(s).

      * e.g.,  ... That keynote address was so full of bafflegab I am utterly perplexed. Our team of analysts, who translate bafflegab for a living, admitted they couldn’t make sense of the candidate’s position on any of the key issues. On standing committee, opposition back-benchers are frequently supplied with bafflegab notes by “specialist advisors”. The effect you’re aiming at is bafflegab, so make sure you speak slowly, pronounce your words very clearly, and pause frequently while gesturing and nodding your head yes, so the audience will think your speech is historically significant. The CFO elevated bafflegab to an art form in that quarterly earnings call. 

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