jibber-jabber

Reduplicative form of jabber.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪbə(ɹ)ˌdʒæbə(ɹ)/

jibber-jabber (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) Excessive or meaningless talk.
   • 2005 October 23, Unknown Hinson as Early Cuyler, “Take This Job and Love It”, in Squidbillies, season 1, episode 2, 9:21:

     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, Shelley Berman as Judge Sanders, “Stick It”, in Boston Legal, season 2, episode 9:

     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.

   • 2010 January 21, David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel as Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, “The Proof in the Pudding”, in Bones, season 5, episode 12, 27:40:

     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.

• blather
• jabber
• gibberish