baffle-gabble
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Spark plugs have been the subject of more pseudo-scientifc baffle-gabble, misrepresentation, and folklore than any other part of an automobile."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree French bafouerder.? French beferder.? English baffle Proto-Germanic *gabbōną Proto-West Germanic *gabbōn Old English gabbander. Middle English gabbender. English gab Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English gabble English baffle-gabble From baffle + gabble.