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What about the Gibraltar theory? Llanito -> Gibraltarish -> Gibberish (to listeners) http://gibfilm.blogspot.com.es/2009/02/did-gibberish-originally-describe.html 88.14.18.219 (talk) 15:12, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maury Maverick[edit]

The paragraph on Maury Maverick conflicts with the wikipedia article on Maverick. This article calls him a Congressman with the Small Plants Committee; the full article says that he was out of Congress by 1944, working for the Small Plants Corporation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.45.160.47 (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Officialese and Legalese are just examples of Cant[edit]

Officialese and Legalese are just a type of Cant_(language) - "A cant (or cryptolect) is the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group" or at least successor languages to cants.

In the middle ages, many guilds used such cant as a way to maintain exclusive control over the guild's subject area. Thus members of a guild could talk among themselves without fear of being overheard and understood by outsiders. Perhaps the most well known of these is Thieves' cant. There should be a brief discussion of such or at least cross-reference to these articles. Ileanadu (talk) 07:53, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Different[edit]

I would think, personally, that gibberish is a is emotionally-driven temporary utterances that sound like words possibly in the form of sentences but do not make sense in one's spoken language. I would consider gibberish not to be the same as talking in one's spoken language and not making sense most likely temporarily after knowing that one is being stalked for roughly a week. However, I typically think of gobblegook as gunk or sticky stuff. 74.108.154.127 (talk) 03:34, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I had the same impression about the word gibberish, but I was wrong - sources here and a large reliable mainstream dictionary agree that the primary meaning is obscure, jargon-heavy use of language, or words to that effect. Gobbledygook *sounds* sticky, but it's definitely language and not a substance. TooManyFingers (talk) 23:40, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The OP may have been providing an example of the topic, too, to some extent. 😁 – AndyFielding (talk) 12:36, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Stanley Unwin[edit]

Stanley Unwin currently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Unwin_(comedian) should be mentioned for British Commonwealth countries inclusion. 60.242.247.177 (talk) 04:03, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gibberish in gibberish[edit]

What does that mean?

... with minds not ankert in the "Normal" World,...

? Zezen (talk) 11:28, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ABlueStar gibberish generator.[edit]

The link to "Pronounceable gibberish generator"^[1] in the external links doesn't generate anything, may I delete it? --Nutty ^Talk! 11:33, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Language code?[edit]

Is there a language code for this language, i would like to make a series of travel blog posts with this language ;)85.134.123.95 (talk) 20:10, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think you've already started! – AndyFielding (talk) 12:36, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Say what?[edit]

Using gibberish whilst acting can be used as an exercise in performance art education.

Does that actually mean something, or is there a hidden camera here somewhere? – AndyFielding (talk) 12:38, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weird sentence[edit]

"...Another usage of gibberish is as part of Rajneesh's "Gibberish meditation"." - this sentence seems like its so out of the blue, like its trying to shoehorn the sentence in the paragraph - why is it in the acting section. I am removing it, please find a better place for it _>>> Webclo^udd@their-talk-page 21:24, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]