Gibberish is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but has no actual meaning (such as "yurp ulp ur tundy wundy"). This meaning has also been extended to meaningless text or gobbledygook, such as "yrudnvncdkeggjsuwigdllvmbk glocktenspoildehmehktenshe, plobbottem". The common theme in gibberish statements is a lack of literal sense, which can also be described as a presence of nonsense. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Bold text This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gobbledygook or gobbledegook (sometimes shortened to gobbledegoo) is an English term used to describe nonsensical language, sound that resembles language but has no meaning, or unintelligible encrypted text. ...

A family of language games in English are sometimes referred to as "Gibberish". A language-game is a philosophical concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, referring to simple examples of language use and the actions into which the language is woven. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Origin of the term

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The term is first seen in English in the early 16th century ^[1]. There are two common theories of origin for the term "gibberish". One says that the basis is in the old word "gibber" which is allied to "jabber". However, the use of "gibberish" is recorded before the use of "gibber", which weakens this theory. A second explanation says the word comes from the name of the eighth-century alchemist Jaber ibn Hayyan, who invented a strange terminology so that his works could not be understood by others, thus protecting himself against charges of heresy ^{[citation needed]}. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Word (disambiguation). ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ... Jabir ibn Hayyan Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan (Arabic: جابر بن حيان) (c. ... Terminology is the study of terms and their use — of words and compound words that are used in specific contexts. ... Look up Heresy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

See also

• Asdf
• Grammelot
• Jabberwocky — English poem written in nonsense
• Lorem ipsum
• Macarron Chacarron - song with (Spanish) nonsense lyrics
• Mojibake — Random nonsense characters generated by foreign text
• Mumbo Jumbo (phrase)
• Nonsense
• Scat singing
• Simlish
• The Ketchup Song

This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Grammelot is a term for a style of language in satirical theatre, a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... Using lorem ipsum to focus attention on graphic elements in a website design proposal. ... Macarron Chacarron (usually shortened to Chacarron) is a hit Spanish-language song by El Chombo feat. ... The UTF-8-encoded Japanese Wikipedia article for mojibake, as displayed in ISO-8859-1 encoding. ... Look up mumbo jumbo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nonsense is an utterance or written text in what appears to be a human language or other symbolic system, that does not in fact carry any identifiable meaning. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis Sim series of games. ... The Ketchup Song is the English title of the song Aserejé which was an international hit in 2002. ...

External links

• A gibberish generator based on Markov chains
• Pronounceable gibberish generator

In mathematics, a Markov chain, named after Andrey Markov, is a discrete-time stochastic process with the Markov property. ...

References

1. ^ Chantrell, Glynnis (2002). The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 231.