jibber jabber
Meaningless rapid talk
Jibber jabber is rapid, excited, or nonsensical talk—speech that's hard to follow or seems meaningless: I couldn't understand their jibber jabber.
The reduplicative form emphasizes the chaotic or trivial nature of the speech.
Sometimes dismissive: Enough jibber jabber, let's get to work.
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- rambleMove or speak without direction
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
burble · natter · maunder · patter · drivel · blabber · waffle · rabbit on
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- malarkeyInsincere foolish talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
drivel · claptrap · bunkum · codswallop · piffle · hokum · baloney · tommyrot
Pretentious unintelligible language
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- double-talkPurposely ambiguous language
- gobbledegookIncomprehensible or pretentious language
- word saladMeaningless verbal confusion
garble · unintelligible · incoherent · incomprehensible · meaningless · scrambled · confused · muddled
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- rambleMove or speak without direction
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
gabble · burble · natter · maunder · patter · drivel · blabber · waffle · rabbit on · run on
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
hogwash · drivel · claptrap · bunkum · codswallop · piffle · hokum · baloney · tommyrot · flapdoodle
gobbledygook
Pretentious unintelligible language
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- double-talkPurposely ambiguous language
- gobbledegookIncomprehensible or pretentious language
word salad · garble · unintelligible · incoherent · incomprehensible · meaningless · scrambled · confused · muddled · jumbled
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
jibber jabbersubstance
Physical material with mass
sense · wisdom · straight talk · eloquence · reasoned argument
jibber jabberbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · economy of words · getting to the point