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Definition of "technobabble" [tech•no•bab•ble]

  • Technical jargon: "The playwright can send up the garbled technobabble of modern bureaucracy as expertly as anyone” ( Peter Marks). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "technobabble" in a sentence
  • "And the fantasy fan insists that all that "technobabble" is what's wrong with sf, doesn't understand that the explanation of things, events, inventions, is a celebration of the Man's ability to succeed in a harsh world."
  • "I really like Eureka, although the technobabble is getting very old."
  • "They are what is known in technobabble as force multipliers, and they enable you to use a .30/06 (for example) where you would have had to use a .338 years ago."
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