jibber-jabber
See also: jibber jabber
English
Etymology
Reduplicative form of jabber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪbə(ɹ)ˌdʒæbə(ɹ)/
Noun
- (informal, derogatory) Excessive or meaningless talk.
- 2005 October 23, Unknown Hinson as Early Cuyler, “Take This Job and Love It”, in Squidbillies, season 1, episode 2, 9:21:
- Is my mind goin' on me or am I watching you jibber-jabber like some sort of jibberty box. Jibber-jabber on! Jibber-jabber on!
- 2006 March 14, Shelley Berman as Judge Sanders, “Stick It”, in Boston Legal, season 2, episode 9:
- And I would ask counsel to check his sense of humor at the door. My courtroom is a temple of decorum, and I do not tolerate jibber-jabber.
- 2010 January 21, David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel as Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, “The Proof in the Pudding”, in Bones, season 5, episode 12, 27:40:
- Booth: Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys.
Brennan: Oh, you know who can do jibber-jabber?
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Brennan: Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling pertaining to the midsagittal plane, encephalometric transaction — or translation, if you will — of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force-displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.
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