baragouin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   unintelligible or jargon-like speech; gibberish

   The tourists' instructions sounded like baragouin to the locals.

From French baragouin ('gibberish'), traditionally said to derive from Breton bara ('bread') and gwin ('wine'), words French soldiers heard Bretons repeat unintelligibly.

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