Word: gobbledygook
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...case with an encyclopedia entry, which is made up of facts, there's a lot of opinion in a recipe. The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song. So will wiki work in the kitchen? (See the 25 best blogs...
McCain, John •Al Qaeda's endorsement of •campaign of is called "truly Dukakis-like" by former advisor to •classic slip of the tongue is made by •exorbitant spending on Palin wardrobe is explained by •funny faces of •giggle-inducing gobbledygook of •Obama is accused of telling Florida crowds he's rooting for the Rays and telling Philadelphia crowds he's rooting for the Phillies by •Palin is called "the best thing that could have happened to my campaign and to America" by •Palin is called "the most qualified of any that...
...miss anonymity. Now everybody knows my face, so I can't just do whatever I want. I can't pass out drunk on the ground after leaving the club, speaking gobbledygook. Because guess what? Somebody's got a camera phone, and it's on YouTube in 20 seconds...
...There are two ways to look at this. There's Wall Street's way, which features theories and numbers and equations and gobbledygook and, ultimately, rationalization (as in, "How were we supposed to know that people who lied about their income and assets would walk away from mortgages on houses in which they had no equity? That wasn't in our computer model. It's not our fault"). Then there's the right way, which involves asking the questions that really matter: How did we get here? How do we get out of it? And what does all this mean...
...acid this morning? Or what's he looking at?'" And later, from the same actress: "You don't have any emotional props. You can't do this thing of 'Oooh, I'm going to sit on this chair because I feel sad now.'" Did you have to inflict this gobbledygook on us? Couldn't you have paraphrased it and spared us the pain of reading it? Lyle McClure, Istanbul...