Definition of "bafflegab" [bafflegab]

• Slang Gobbledygook. (noun)

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• "At a time when daily business news coverage was stuffy and technical, Porter railed against what she termed the "bafflegab" lingo of finance, preferring to express investment and money concepts in words and imagery that didn't require readers to obtain a specialized education."
• "A touch of academic bafflegab is annoying but not fatal."
• "She educated the public about investments and money management, partially by eliminating “bafflegab,” her term for the cryptic terminology of government and finance, and she devoted much of her work to consumer advocacy."