bafflegab

[ baf-uhl-gab ]

noun

, Slang.

1. confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook:

   an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person.

Other Words From

• baffle·gabber noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bafflegab¹

First recorded in 1950–55; baffle + gab ¹

Example Sentences

Twitter insisted this was self-serving bafflegab, and also that a judge should make this underhanded deadbeat buy and run their $44 billion baby.

From Washington Post

At present, these online documents are written in a form of bafflegab impenetrable to anyone lacking a degree in law or information science, or both.

From Washington Post

Pete S wondered what we should call this jargon: "When my father worked in the Pentagon in the '60s this claptrap was called 'bafflegab'," he emailed.

From BBC

But in the end he is critical of Chopra’s lack of rigor, dismissing his writing and thinking as “gobbledygook” and “pseudo-profound bafflegab.”

From Washington Post

Every word Mylan's Bresch utters is bafflegab, excuses, and just plain nothing.

From New York Times