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Game: A real word that sounds like a nonsense word.

February 17, 2008 10:49 AM EST

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Here is a chance to expand your vocabulary!

Give us a real word that sounds like a nonsense word. But wait...we will also need the definition. After all, Gather is all about education!

Post your gobbledegook here!

One word per post; reposts welcome, hold your ripostes!

Tags: nonsense words, games, word games

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Comments: 33

Rocco R. Feb 17, 2008, 10:50am EST

jejune=without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.

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Cami C. Feb 17, 2008, 11:09am EST

GABBLE- to talk fast or foolishly. To utter inarticulate or animal sounds. Gabbler.

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ness m. Feb 17, 2008, 11:10am EST

plinth - a base for a statue I just love that word it makes me smile

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Rocco R. Feb 17, 2008, 11:23am EST

cami! i like that...

ness= that is a great one! plinth! when would i ever use that? :)

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meg pattinson Feb 17, 2008, 11:37am EST

hubbub - loud confused noise from many sources

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Bailey S. Feb 17, 2008, 11:38am EST

leitmotif:
In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. also, a dominant and recurring theme.
:)

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meg pattinson Feb 17, 2008, 11:58am EST

flim flam - nonsense; rubbish; humbug. a sly trick or deception

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meg pattinson Feb 17, 2008, 11:59am EST

myrrh - an aromatic gum resin yielded by several trees and shrubs of the genus Commiphora, of India, Arabia, and E Africa, used in perfumes and incense.

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meg pattinson Feb 17, 2008, 12:00pm EST

pontoon - one of the floats supporting a bridge or airplane on water

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Rocco R. Feb 17, 2008, 12:32pm EST

poltroon= a wretched coward.

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Lisa Keating Feb 17, 2008, 1:05pm EST

flabbergast - to overwhelm with shock, surprise or wonder.

I was flabbergasted to learn that poltroon is a real word!

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Rocco R. Feb 17, 2008, 1:19pm EST

it is, lisa! i heard it the other day while watching a movie on amc! lol ;p

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Lawrence J, H. Feb 17, 2008, 4:45pm EST

junebug=== lettle E

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Kay & Snowy Cat Feb 17, 2008, 5:34pm EST

Titmouse---A small bird.

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Erin O'Riordan Feb 17, 2008, 10:06pm EST

periwinkle: a shade of blue-purple, or a small flower of that color.

Pretty much any word that ends in "inkle" will sound like nonsense.

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Rocco R. Feb 18, 2008, 9:50am EST

Sounds too much like, "tinkle;" not going there with you, Erin! :P

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 3:53pm EST

boondoggle - Unnecessary, wasteful, and often counterproductive work.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 3:54pm EST

swashbuckler - A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 3:56pm EST

dadgum - Used as an intensive to express mild annoyance.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 3:59pm EST

Calliope - The Muse of epic poetry
Please be honest. How many of you thought this was pronounced cally-ope? It was about 5 years ago when I realized it. duh! LOL

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Rocco R. Feb 18, 2008, 7:23pm EST

Great job, Elise!

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:50pm EST

Thanks Rocco. I'm working toward some gold stars. :-)

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:52pm EST

psychobabble - psychological jargon.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:53pm EST

gobbledygook - unclear

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:54pm EST

flapdoodle - nonsense

sentence: Don't give me none of that flapdoodle. I know good and well what that gobbledygook is coming out of your mouth and it's called psychobabble! lol

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:56pm EST

hooey - rubbish

My sentences are just a bunch of hooey.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:56pm EST

humbug - an imposter

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:57pm EST

rigmarole - confused rambling

Do you think my stories are just rigmarole?

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 9:59pm EST

galimatias - gibberish

Land sakes! That child is still speaking galimatias! I wonder if he will ever learn to talk.

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Elise w. Feb 18, 2008, 10:01pm EST

mumbo jumbo - I was thinking this was Sambo's mom and dad, but it seems the definition is meaningless.

Quit your mumbo jumbo and come over here and whisper sweet galimatias to me. lol

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