Jabberwocky (Noun)
Meaning
Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The professor spoke in complete jabberwocky, using made-up words that none of us could decipher.
- After a few drinks, the normally reserved lawyer's conversation devolved into a confusing stream of jabberwocky.
- I've always thought of quantum physics as just a lot of jabberwocky, until I met a patient who could explain it to me in plain terms.
- She shook her head and chuckled as she listened to the CEO's rambling, indulgent jabberwocky.
- Toward the end of the heated argument, his partner started to resort to vague claims and transparent jabberwocky, in a failed attempt to convince anyone of her flailing perspective.