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Words About WordsClear & Concise WritingTips for Cutting the ClutterCommon RedundanciesPractice in Cutting the Clutter Lighter Side of LanguageHomer Simpson's Figures of SpeechProverbs and Parables from "The Sopranos"The Spell-Checker Poem "gobbledygook"Definition: Inflated, jargon-cluttered prose that fails to communicate clearly. Etymology:Coined in 1944 by Maury Maverick, a Texas lawyer and government official, in a memorandum expressing disdain for the "gobbledygook language" of his colleagues. The word was inspired, he said, by the turkey, "always gobbledy gobbling and strutting with ludicrous pomposity."Examples and Observations:
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