volapukaĵo

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Volapuko (Volapük) +‎ -aĵo (substance).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʒo
  • Hyphenation: vo‧la‧pu‧ka‧ĵo

Noun

volapukaĵo (uncountable, accusative volapukaĵon)

  1. (slang) something incomprehensible, something that makes no sense; gibberish
    Ĝi estas por mi volapukaĵo. (from the Proverbaro de Esperanto)
    It's all Greek to me.
    • 2008 November 16, Taobert, “Unuafoje en Inet legu pri reformojn de Esperanto far de L. Zamenhof”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet):
      Tio estas por mi volapukaĵo ;o) Eĉ se mi kapablas iom deĉifri la cirilan alfabeton, mi tute ne komprenas la rusan.
      It's all Greek to me ;o) Even if I am capable of somewhat deciphering the Cyrillic alphabet, in no way do I understand Russian.

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