double talk
абсурд, нісенітниця, безглуздя
ерунда, вздор, нонсенс
Unsinn, Nonsens, Blödsinn
DoublespeakDoublespeak.
» That sounds like double talk to me.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)Doublespeak.
(uncountable)Lies, especially in a formal political statement.
(uncountable)Speech which combines English (or some other language) and native-sounding gibberish for humorous effect.
(uncountable)A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible.
(uncountable)A situation when two people talk at the same time, causing overlapping audio signals.
More definitions
- deliberately unintelligible gibberish
Examples
2 sentencesThat sounds like double talk to me.
Stop double-talking me.
Origin
From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.
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Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddouble talker
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable