Meanings
noungobblefunk (uncountable)
- uncountableThe type of mixed-up language used by the title character, the Big Friendly Giant, in the novel The BFG by British author Roald Dahl.
‘Wales is whales,’ the Giant [the title character] said. ‘Don’t gobblefunk around with words…’ / … / ‘You are once again globblefunking!’ the Giant shouted…
1982, Roald Dahl, “The BFG”, in The BFG, Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 28
Origin
Used in the book The BFG. Compare gabble, garble(?), gobbledygook.
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