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	Wordwizard Clubhouse - jargon, gobbledygook, weasel words, doublespeak, etc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gobbledygook is alive and well and multiplying in the parlance of press releases, official reports, and government and corporate regulations.
		Gobbledygook, according to semanticist Stuart Chase, means “using two or three or ten words in the place of one, or using a five-syllable word where a single syllable would suffice.” Gobbledygook doesn’t call a spade a spade.
		Gobbledygook calls a spade a “manual excavation device.” That’s why the one syllable, three-letter word “now” has been replaced by the five-word “at this point in time.” Lest we forget, it is language that separates human beings from bureaucrats.
	www.wordwizard.com /newnav/chforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17814 (1893 words)

	Althouse: "Legal gobbledygook." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		They were too busy observing that it was all gobbledygook and that he wasn't saying anything to listen carefully enough to have a shot at understanding it.
		I tend to agree with Alex that we expect content experts to use terminology in specialized discussions that is remote to a lay audience and that the zinger was not necessarily disparaging Judge Alito.
		It has been well observed in both the old and new media that the hearings are a platform where the professional politicos posture, preen, and generally look in their mirrors of political vanity.
	althouse.blogspot.com /2006/01/legal-gobbledygook.html (7186 words)

	Catholic World News : Marriage, Annulments, and Gobbledygook
		There is room for charity in dealing with those who generate gobbledygook, as well as those who are on the receiving end.
		Thus the gobbledygook produced by marriage tribunals is not necessarily erroneous because it is opaque to the outsider.
		An annulment is a declaration of nullity--and declaration that the marriage bond does not exist--and since it enjoys the favor of the law (canon 124 §2), it stands as authoritative as long as it has not been successfully challenged.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=20908 (3647 words)

	Gobbledegook Gobbledygook
		It also serves to draw a link between talking incoherently and at the same time giving pleasure to another: the word gobbledygook deriving from the name given to the action of a whore performing fellatio and swallowing semen (the 'goo').
		Thirdly the title suggests the denial, by talking nonsense, of the concealed sexual impulses that are channelled into art practice and are the root of much of its production.
		Dispensing with normal gallery opening hours, Gobbledygook at the Centre of Attention will be open daily for private views each night 6 to 8 pm for the duration of the show.
	www.thecentreofattention.org /exhibitions/gob.html (472 words)

	The Cellar - View Profile: gobbledygook
		My life is the sum of a remainder of an integral anomaly coherent to the programming of the Matrix.
		gobbledygook is not a member of any public groups
		All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.
	cellar.org /member.php?u=1206 (53 words)

	Plain Language: Award–Winners
		During the Clinton Administration the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) awarded one plain language prize (No Gobbledygook Award) a month since the award was established in July 1998 for a total of 17 awards.
		Vice President Al Gore created the award to recognize federal employees who use plain language in innovative ways after President Clinton issued a June 1998 memorandum directing agencies to write all forms, documents and letters in plain language.
		The "No Gobbledygook" award was the centerpiece of Gore's plain language initiative, which took shape after Clinton issued his memorandum.
	www.plainlanguage.gov /examples/award_winning/nogobbledygook.cfm (277 words)

	Techdirt: Is "Gobbledygook" A Legal Term?
		They based the order on the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which was specifically designed to make it easier for police to get voice wiretaps, so a group of privacy and technology groups sued, saying the FCC overstepped its bounds in using the law to justify easier data wiretaps as well.
		A federal appeals court judge has now slammed the FCC's argument, calling it "wholly ridiculous", "gobbledygook" and "utter nonsense".
		While no judgment was given, it doesn't look like the judges are looking too kindly at the FCC's contention that CALEA could be used to justify forcing broadband ISPs to implement the wiretapping measures, though it would appear that they will let the order stand for VoIP services.
	www.techdirt.com /articles/20060505/1250226.shtml (1065 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Jargon-busters pick top offenders after 25 years of rewriting history
		Its combined tactic of public ridicule and backstairs training for repentant organisations can claim credit for the clearer forms and leaflets now seen in many health clinics, post offices and government ministries.
		Yesterday its 7,000 supporters in 80 countries marked the anniversary by nominating their choicest item of gobbledygook from the last 25 years.
		The winner is a sentence from draft national minimum wage regulations introduced by Tony Blair's government in 1998.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,,1269022,00.html (708 words)

	Sue’s Place - You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. - Nietzsche » Gobbledygook
		One judge told the government that its courtroom arguments were “gobbledygook” and suggested its lawyer return to his office and “have a big chuckle.” [Link]
		At another point in the hearing, Edwards told the lawyer his arguments were “gobbledygook” and “nonsense.”;
		The commission argued that providers of high-speed Internet services should be covered under the 1994 law because their voice-transmission services could be considered separately from information services.
	sue.polinsky.com /?p=1906 (258 words)

	Web Ink Now: The Gobbledygook Manifesto -- Cutting Edge! Mission Critical! An analysis of gobbledygook in over 388,000 ...
		The worst gobbledygook offenders seem to be business-to-business technology companies.
		Another major drawback of the generic gobbledygook approach is that it doesn't make your company stand out from the crowd.
		I'll admit that the gobbledygook phrases I chose are mainly use by technology companies operating in the business-to-business space.
	www.webinknow.com /2006/10/the_gobbledygoo.html (3320 words)

	Translation into English
		The guys who read the stuff I translate are businesspeople and they do not have the time or the inclination to pore and ponder over a text, looking up words in an unabridged dictionary; they want to understand what they have to read the first time they skim through it.
		All this business of "crystal-clear translation for gobbledygook original" may be a little bit contrary to good translation theory, but I am not talking about good translation theory here, I am talking about earning a living.
		Abstractions have always plagued gobbledygook, both in English and Portuguese, it is true, but somehow I feel English texts use fewer abstracts than their Brazilian counterparts.
	www.accurapid.com /journal/14into.htm (2795 words)

	gobbledygook - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "gobbledygook" is defined.
		Gobbledygook (book review), Gobbledygook : World Wide Words [home, info]
		gobbledygook : English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=gobbledygook (158 words)

	broadband help » News » Judge: FCC Wiretap Position 'gobbledygook' - 'Your argument makes no sense...'
		As we mentioned the other day, the FCC is forcing Universities and ISPs to rewire their networks and provide backdoors to facilitate wiretaps, on their own dime (telco wiretapping network changes were subsidized).
		Critics charge this runs outside of their mandate and is something that needs to be determined by Congress.
		Our (US) government has trampled on constitutional rights and privileges, passed laws at odds with the constitution, and generally disregarded any laws which it wants to in the name of 'protecting us against [whatever is the current scare tactic]'.
	www.broadbandreports.com /shownews/74170 (2431 words)

	CD Baby: DOVETONSIL: Gobbledygook
		Dovetonsil, on the other hand, takes all of that great shit that came before them and shoves it into a whirring Feefy Donaldson Sonitransfactorizer, which pukes forth an array of genre-busting sounds some people like to call songs.
		Gobbledygook is constructed thusly: Begins with a lovely rocking funk tune with a Caribbean midsection then progresses into a radio-friendly power rocker.
		A few songs in, there is a fantastic pop country tune, then a song about two adolescent dinosaurs wrestling in a field on summer vacation.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/dovetonsil (547 words)

	Why Doublespeak is Gobbledygook :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland
		According to Dr. Paul Wasserman, professor emeritus and founding dean of the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, these deceptive phrases are good examples of what can be called doublespeak, weasel words, or even gobbledygook.
		Wasserman says we are bombarded with examples of doublespeak ranging from the politically correct to the downright annoying from corporations, the media and politicians.
		He has parlayed his interest in gobbledygook into a new book co-authored with Don Hausrath, who also has ties to the university as a former adjunct faculty member at the College of Information Studies.
	www.newsdesk.umd.edu /mail/send.cfm?articleID=1147 (297 words)

	Forward Blog » Blog Archive » Gobbledygook!
		So when trying to reach these people with written messages, PR people need to be simple and concise.
		At Simplicity, Steve Kayser and David Meerman Scott both wrote about this problem with Gobbledygook.
		In examples that I’ve seen of Gobbledygook, the writer is simply trying to jam pack as much information as possible into the message in a desperate attempt to persuade or communicate.
	www.forward-moving.com /blog/2006/06/22/gobbledygook (742 words)

	FT.com / World / US & Canada - Wiretap claim ‘gobbledygook’ – US judge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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		A Bush administration regulation that would force internet companies to make it easier for the government to wiretap broadband services and phone calls over the internet was criticised by an appeals court judge on Friday, who characterised the government’s argument as “gobbledygook”.
		At the centre of a case brought before an appeals court in Washington is a 2005 ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that gives providers of internet phone and broadband services until May 2007 to ensure that their equipment can accommodate police wiretaps.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/2139862e-dc88-11da-890d-0000779e2340.html (381 words)

	El Rushbo Translates John Kerry's Gobbledygook - RonaldReagan.com Forums
		What I’m saying is Iraq would have been profoundly different and our engagement and diplomacy would have been profoundly different and the attitude of the United States towards the countries in that region would have been different, and as a result, we would have greater leverage and greater ability to protect our interests.
		I have to translate it because it’s gobbledygook.
		What Kerry’s saying is that he would have invaded Iraq smarter and better than Bush and that everyone in that region would love us.
	www.ronaldreagan.com /forums/showthread.php?p=159940#post159940 (802 words)

	Issue of January 15, 2002
		The Oxford English Dictionary notes that cold mutton as a dish has "suggested many puns and allusive uses," but no reputable authority has maintained that the phrase is actually rooted in a culinary tactic to dislodge overripe house guests.
		I know for a fact that I explained "gobbledygook" a few years ago, but it was in the context of exploring the term "maverick," to which "gobbledygook," meaning "confusing, impenetrably dense (and possibly meaningless) writing or speech," is intimately connected.
		Charged with overseeing factory production for the war effort, Rep. Maverick coined the term "gobbledygook" to describe the impenetrable bureaucratic jargon and doubletalk he encountered.
	www.word-detective.com /011502.html (5754 words)

	FOXNews.com - Judge: U.S. Rules Enabling Internet Wiretaps 'Gobbledygook' - Technology News \| News On Technology (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A judge said the government's courtroom arguments were "gobbledygook."
		The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration's case encouraged civil liberties and education groups that argued that the U.S. is improperly applying telephone-era rules to a new generation of Internet services.
		At another point in the hearing, Edwards told the FCC's lawyer that his arguments were "gobbledygook" and "nonsense."
	www.foxnews.com.cob-web.org:8888 /story/0,2933,194442,00.html (837 words)

	Gobbledygook? - explorefaith.org
		But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience." -- St. Paul's Letter to the Christians living at Rome, Chapter 8, verses 24-25.
		That quote could seem to be "gobbledygook, circular, confusing and useless." But in fact, Scripture overall, and in many instances, specifically, "makes all the sense in the world."
		As Anglicans we know that Scripture alone does not always lead, guide and ground us in a balanced way.
	www.explorefaith.org /chron_071899.html (254 words)

	Fizbang Web Design » Attack of the Gobbledygook! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Interrupt this flow with gobbledygook marketese and suffer the consequences.
		And oh, the three statements at the beginning of this article were generated by The Gobbledygook Generator.
		Check out our portfolio and see for yourself the kind of superior quality you can expect from Fizbang.
	www.fizbang.com /12-16-05.php (207 words)

	Web Ink Now: Gobbledygook in UK news releases (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		An analysis of gobbledygook in over 388,000 press releases sent in 2006
		Melanie Surplice at Factiva has added to the Gobbledygook Manifesto analysis by providing some data for UK press releases sent during the same time period as the North America analysis I posted yesterday – January 2006 through September 2006.
		While the phrases that are overused are similar, the relative number of uses are different.
	www.webinknow.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/10/gobbledygook_in.html (708 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After checking out ecommerce sites, B2C companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and others, I concluded that the worst gobbledygook offenders are B2B technology companies.
		Your buyers (and the media that covers your company) want to know which specific problems your product solves and proof that it works as advertised—in plain language.
		A major drawback of the generic gobbledygook approach is that your company doesn't stand out from the crowd.
	www.econtentmag.com /Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=14538&Conte... (782 words)

	gobbledygook - Definitions from Dictionary.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		gobbledygook - Definitions from Dictionary.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)
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	dictionary.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /search?q=gobbledygook (81 words)

	"Catholic Gobbledygook"
		A more careful reading points toward a different moral to this story.
		Sheila Rauch made a bad bet on Joe Jr., who, she claims, called the whole annulment business "Catholic gobbledygook" and added "nobody actually believes it." It’s easy to understand why she’s angry.
		But she also needs to recognize the truth about who rolled the dice in this marriage, which faith was shattered, and by whom.
	www.leaderu.com /ftissues/ft9710/opinion/royal.html (1509 words)

	Nevada Thunder » right-wing gobbledygook
		Posted in GOP, George Bush, right-wing gobbledygook, Neo-Fascism by Administrator
		In 2005, Time magazine put Haggard on its list of the 25 most influential evangelical leaders, noting his participation in a weekly conference call with White House staffers and other religious leaders.
		The following is a letter to NBC29 from Mike Stark, the man who was tackled for a comment he made at Senator Allen’s campaign stop in Charlottesville on Tuesday.
	nevadathunder.com /?cat=30 (1057 words)

	GOBBLEDYGOOK #1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kevin and Peter hand-made copies by copying their work onto legal-sized paper, folding it in half and stapling it together.
		Note that while the original Gobbledygook issues featured the first Fugitoid story (later reprinted as Fugitoid #1), they did not contain any TMNT comics (only a back cover ad for TMNT #1).
		Back cover ad for TMNT #1 (the only TMNT appearance in the Gobbledygook comics)
	www.ninjaturtles.com /comics/mirage/gobbledygook84/01/01.htm (171 words)

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