Definition of Gibbirish

Definition of Gibbirish

Gib"ber*ish (?), n. [From Gibber, v. i.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.

He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go;
All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to know.

Drayton.

Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.

Hawthorne.

Gib"ber*ish, a. Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

GIBBERISH. The cant language of thieves and gypsies,
called Pedlars' French, and St. Giles's Greek: see ST.
GILES'S GREEK. Also the mystic language of Geber,
used by chymists. Gibberish likewise means a sort of
disguised language, formed by inserting any consonant
between each syllable of an English word; in which case it
is called the gibberish of the letter inserted: if F, it is the
F gibberish; if G, the G gibberish; as in the sentence
How do you do? Howg dog youg dog.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
Synonyms - see WikiSaurus:nonsense
needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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