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jabberwocky

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒabəˌwɒki/

Definition of jabberwocky

noun (plural jabberwockies)

[mass noun]
  • invented or meaningless language; nonsense: the translation was slow and full of jabberwocky

Origin:

early 20th century: from the title of a nonsense poem in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (1871)

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