Jabberwockies

Jabberwockies
n. nonsense, gibberish; meaningless syllables that look like words adj. without meaning, nonsensical

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • Jabberwocky — /jab euhr wok ee/, n., pl. Jabberwockies, adj. n. 1. a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish. 2. an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words. adj. 3.… …   Universalium

  • jabberwocky — [ dʒabəˌwɒki] noun (plural jabberwockies) invented or meaningless language. Origin early 20th cent.: from the title of a nonsense poem in Lewis Carroll s Through the Looking Glass (1871) …   English new terms dictionary

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