jibber-jabber

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See also: jibber jabber

English

Etymology

Reduplicative form of jabber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɪbə(ɹ)ˌdʒæbə(ɹ)/

Noun

jibber-jabber (uncountable)

  1. (informal, derogatory) Excessive or meaningless talk.
    • 2005 October 23, “Take This Job and Love It” (9:21), in Squidbillies, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Early Cuyler (Unknown Hinson):
      Is my mind goin' on me or am I watching you jibber-jabber like some sort of jibberty box. Jibber-jabber on! Jibber-jabber on!
    • 2006 March 14, “Stick It”, in Boston Legal, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Judge Sanders (Shelley Berman):
      And I would ask counsel to check his sense of humor at the door. My courtroom is a temple of decorum, and I do not tolerate jibber-jabber.
    • 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6:
      Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body.
      Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all.
      Douglas: All right.
      Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for.
      Douglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen.
      Jen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven.
      Douglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!
    • 2010 January 21, “The Proof in the Pudding” (27:40), in Bones, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel):
      Booth: Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys.
      Brennan: Oh, you know who can do jibber-jabber?
      [...]
      Brennan: Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling pertaining to the midsagittal plane, encephalometric transaction — or translation, if you will — of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force-displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.
    • 2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (17:23 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
      “Laszlo!” (muffled scream) “Woops.” “Prick was getting on my nerves with his jibber-jabber. We'll drain him later.”

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