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Topic Options #1459 - 04/18/00 05:55 AM Gibberish efroch stranger Registered: 04/18/00 Posts: 2 Loc: Israel Hello, could anyone please tell me about the etymology for this word? Thanks, Anat Top #1460 - 04/19/00 04:15 AM Re: Gibberish jmh Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/22/00 Posts: 1981 I'm pretty sure it comes from the word "Gibber" - to make the characteristic sound of a monkey. Its an imitative word - according to my Collins Dictionary - 17th century. (For Ozzies - I see there is another Australian meaning for gibber - boulder or stone, or dry flat area covered in stones - as in gibber plans) Top #1461 - 04/22/00 08:27 AM Re: Gibberish paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Hello efroch: My Shorter Oxford dates "gibberish" as early 16th century and defines it as "unintelligible speech belonging to no known language, a series of meaningless sounds; blundering or ungrammatical talk; nonsense". Cheers Paul Bywater Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users

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