baffle-gabble

alternative bafflegabble · alternative baffle gabble

1. uncountableconfusing, fast-talking nonsense

   Spark plugs have been the subject of more pseudo-scientifc baffle-gabble, misrepresentation, and folklore than any other part of an automobile.

   1960 June 29, Hubert Luckett, “The Truth About Spark Plugs”, in Popular Science, volume 176, number 6, via the Internet Archive, retrieved 18 Aug 2026, page 43

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   A group of people who have found a way to get past theological baffle-gabble and a boxed-in God to openness and commitment in Christ will lead a conference opening Friday at Grace Episcopal Church in Woodlawn.

   1969 February 1, Leonard Chamblee, “'Faith At Work' Slated”, in Birmingham Post-Herald, volume 98, number 282, via Newspapers.com, retrieved 18 Aug 2026, page 3

   But then you better have some time-phased goals so you can judge whether or not you are getting your money's worth because otherwise you will get baffle gabble. I do not care who is in office. They will tell you everything is fine.

   2000 April 12, Henry Sokolski, The Wassenaar Arrangement and the Future of Multilateral Export Controls, United States Government Printing Office, via the Internet Archive, retrieved 18 Aug 2026, page 42

   Sitting at the table with my mother and my brother's mother-in-law, their chatting suddenly morphed into incomprehensible baffle-gabble, an abstract gabfest.

   2021, Michael Elliston, The Original Frontier: A Serious Seeker's Guide to Zen