Cryptobabble
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Communication that is in code or encrypted, and therefore not comprehensible. uncountable
"Just knowing that he has heard cryptobabble is enough to bring teams of assassins to Switzerland to silence the November Man, who had sworn off spywork to please Rita Macklin, his live-in lover."
- 2 Technical jargon or pseudolanguage that seems incomprehensible. uncountable
"If the abbreviations begin to look like typical database cryptobabble, you needn’t bother with them, if you don’t mind typing in full sentences, which do approximate the mother tongue rather closely."
Example
More examples"Just knowing that he has heard cryptobabble is enough to bring teams of assassins to Switzerland to silence the November Man, who had sworn off spywork to please Rita Macklin, his live-in lover."
Etymology
From crypto- + babble.
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