technobabble
Technobabbel, Technobrabbel
Technical or scientific language used to convey a false impression of meaningful…Technical or scientific language used to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.
UK/ˈtɛknəʊbæbəl/US/ˈtɛknoʊbæbəl/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Technical or scientific language used to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.
Technobabbel, Technobrabbel
(uncountable)From the point of view of the layperson, technical and scientific literature not understood.
More definitions
- technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
fake technical language used in fiction:
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedtreknobabble
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.