bafflegab

bafflegab
bafflegabber, n.
/baf"euhl gab'/, n. Slang.
confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook: an insurance policy written in bafflegab impenetrable to a lay person.
[1950-55; BAFFLE + GAB1]

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