technobabble

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈtɛknəʊbæbəl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈtɛknoʊbæbəl/

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Noun

Singular technobabble

Plural none

1. (uncountable) (informal) Technobabble is a language that appears very technical or scientific, but that has in fact little or no meaning at all.

   Science-fiction often uses technobabble to speak about advanced technologies or non-existent physical phenomena.

   Some advertisers want to impress people by saying their product is very sophisticated, but we know it's just technobabble.

Related words

• technology
• babble