gobbledegoo

gobbledegoo

English

Noun

gobbledegoo (uncountable)

1. Rare spelling of gobbledygook.
   • 1946?: William A. Schwartz [ed.], The Limerick: 1700 Examples, with Notes, Variants and Index, page 286 (1967 publication; Greenleaf Classics)

     There was a young fellow of Alltree
     Whose parts were but puny and paltry,
     But he knew how to do
     A neat gobbledegoo
     [. . . . . . . . . . . cetera desunt]

   • 1951: University of Illinois Bureau of Educational Research, The Journal of Educational Research, volume 44, page 257 (Public School Publ. Co.)

     On the professional level —too much gobbledegoo.

   • 2009: Ira Robbins, Kick It Till It Breaks, page 348

     Last time I saw him he was doing some mystical Rasputin gobbledegoo in Hyde Park. Pathetic.