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Bafflegab

//ˈbæfəlɡæb// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon. uncountable

    "Toss in a few technical terms that most people don't understand—"stochastic" this, "regression" that—and you can use people's justified respect for math and science to get them nodding along. This is granularity as bafflegab."

Verb
  1. 1
    To use pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language. rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

From baffle + gab, coined 1952.

Etymology 2

From baffle + gab, coined 1952.

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