Idiom of the day :- Gobbledegook

Idiom of the day :- Gobbledegook

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Complicated / obscure / meaningless language ( written or spoken ) A : My solicitor has sent me a letter which says something about $450 ! The problem is that he’s used so much jargon I can’t understand it. I really hate gobbledegook — can you help ? B : Yes of course. I used to be a solicitor myself so I’m sure I can tell you what it means. Let’s ….. Yes, he says that you owe him $450. A : Are you sure ? Oh dear. I don’t want to understand goobledegook. This word was invented by Maury Maverick, an American politician. He was very tired of language which was unnecessarily complicated and hard to understand and so decided to think of a name to describe it. In English the sound a turkey makes is gobble and the image of this stupid bird making a sound no one can understand gave Maverick the idea fro gobbledegook.