jabberwocky

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈdʒæbərˌwɑki/ UK /ˈdʒæbəwɒki/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
meaningless or nonsensical language

His proposal was so much corporate jabberwocky that no one grasped its point.

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Synonyms

1 noun · meaningless or nonsensical... gibberish nonsense babblegobbledygookdrivel balderdash

Opposites

sense clarity

Word family

Related forms jabber

Etymology

Coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a nonsense poem in 'Through the Looking-Glass' (1871), apparently from 'jabber' ('to talk rapidly and unintelligibly') with a fanciful suffix.

jabber onomatopoeic

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Topics

Communication Word Formation & Derivatives

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# jabberwocky

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒæbərˌwɑki/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒæbəwɒki/

## Meanings
1. meaningless or nonsensical language

## Examples
- His proposal was so much corporate jabberwocky that no one grasped its point.

## Synonyms
- gibberish
- nonsense
- babble
- gobbledygook
- drivel
- balderdash

## Antonyms
- sense
- clarity

## Related Forms
- jabber

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: jabber

## Etymology
Coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a nonsense poem in 'Through the Looking-Glass' (1871), apparently from 'jabber' ('to talk rapidly and unintelligibly') with a fanciful suffix.

## AI Etymology
Jabberwocky was coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a nonsense poem in 'Through the Looking-Glass' (1871), apparently from 'jabber' ('to talk rapidly and unintelligibly') with a fanciful suffix. The etymological trail includes onomatopoeic jabber. The same word family includes jabber. Its current noun use means "meaningless or nonsensical language".

## Topics
- Communication
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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