10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOBBLEDEGOOK»
Discover the use of
gobbledegook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gobbledegook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Miss
Gobbledegook: A Story about Multiplication and Division
Whenever anyone borrows a book from her, Miss Esmerelda Gobbledegook is compelled to rearrange her book shelves.
Calvin J. Irons, Margaret Power, 2003
2
Science Action Labs Sciencing (eBook)
Common. Sayings. in. Gobbledegook. Read the five gobbledegooks below. Write
what you think each gobbledegook is trying to say. Gobbledegook 1: The prompt,
warm-blooded flying animal can apprehend the slender, crawling earthbound ...
3
Pre-School Parenting Secrets: Talking with the Sky
Gobbledegook is a nonsense language. It's a string of sounds that have form, but
no meaning, so the meaning has to be expressed through vocal intonation and
body language. It may contain some linking words which children can recognise
...
Brian Caswell, David Phu An Chiem, 2010
4
Make an Impact with Your Written English: How to Use Word ...
Gobbledegook. This word (also sometimes written as gobbledygook) signifies
meaningless, unintelligible or pretentious language, often presented as
bureaucratic jargon. There are many online forums that have sprung up to
discuss this ...
5
Business Communication Strategies
GOBBLEDEGOOK First on the list of phony styles of business writing is
gobbledegook This strange term refers to the impersonal, indigestible verbal
concoction that generally comes out of government departments in the form of
letters and ...
6
Goofy Gabby and the
Gobbledegook
Gabby's mom and dad wish she'd have a more normal best friend, one not quite so hairy, so scary, or so alien.
FOR 32 YEARS, Lyndon B. Johnson has lived in Washington and listened to the
pompous language of the bureaucracies which was given the name of "
gobbledegook" in the 1930's by his fellow Texan, the late Representative Maury
Maverick ...
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Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage
gobbledegook | gobbledegook Victorian Songbook, 1895. The extended use in
reported speech is especially common in school and youth language, and is also
heard in conversational adult use. >e GO FOR IT. In 1987, the (American) cox of ...
9
Aaargh to Zizz: 135 Drama Games
Speaking gobbledegook or gibberish (meaning nonsense language) can be
extremely difficult and the players will require a degree of practice if what they
say is not to sound somewhat weak in comparison with a genuine language.
However ...
10
The Magazines Handbook
A definition of gobbledegook nowadays is generally that it is pompous-sounding
rubbish. It may sound like official jargon (and that was once its official meaning)
but when submitted to scrutiny it turns out to be more or less devoid of meaning.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOBBLEDEGOOK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gobbledegook is used in the context of the following news items.
Davina McCall's debut on QVC shopping channel is truly an iconic …
To prove the nutritional benefits, Davina was armed to the teeth with graphs, showing gobbledegook such as “glycemic index”, and talk of ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Twitter officially sets up shop in New Zealand
Don't fill unused characters with meaningless tags: "It's hard to read, it's gobbledegook. If you include five hashtags, you're giving people five ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
In a 'seismic shift', PM moves from being sorry to being concerned
... of mind in an already very stressful environment when travelling and not some gobbledegook on how to fix the system after it has faulted. «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»
Bath's egg theatre Free Range festival stakes over city
Gobbledegook Theatre presents The Grass Ladies featuring Mo, Lawn-a and Daisy. Sporting dresses made from artificial turf, the talented trio ... «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»
Destiny The Taken King hands-on preview and interview
The mission's intro wasn't the perfunctory gobbledegook normally associated with Destiny but features clear objectives with some well-written ... «Metro, Jul 15»
Taki Theodoracopulos, veteran Greek commentator and spectator …
Today's referendum is truly Greek, a tragi-comedy of errors, a yes or no question drafted in cryptic, technocratic gobbledegook, worthy of the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Greece crisis: 11 years since their famous 2004 European …
The mere thought of Greece going through half a crisis like this was considered just a bunch of gobbledegook. It seems like an eternity ago ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Parody Islamic State flag creator: 'I'm still waiting for an apology' from …
Coombs says he ignored the inquiry, “fearing that whatever I said to them would just be reported back as gobbledegook. They haven't tried to ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Terminator Genisys — film review
The preview audience roared every time fresh gobbledegook (“exponential . . . quantum fields . . . algorithm”) emerged from that gnarled, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
The Summer of Kim Novak by Hakan Nesser translated by Saskia …
... tree" – there is no way the English reader can know whether Erik is a fond user of popular sayings or an eccentric speaker of gobbledegook. «The Independent, Jul 15»
