băfəl-găb
noun Speaking in a way that is incomprehensible, confusing, wordy, and filled with pretentious rhetoric so that the listener(s) are perplexed or kept from understanding, especially to frustrate or prevent listener(s) from taking
action. Confounding and nonsensical talk or language marked by abstractions,
jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions with the purpose of obscuring, confusing, hindering, and/or misleading the listener(s).
That keynote address was so full of bafflegab I am utterly perplexed.
Our team of analysts, who translate bafflegab for a living, admitted they couldn’t make sense of the candidate’s position on any of the key
issues.
On standing committee, opposition back-benchers are frequently supplied with bafflegab notes by “specialist advisors”.
The effect you’re aiming at is bafflegab, so make sure you speak slowly, pronounce your
words very clearly, and pause frequently while gesturing and nodding your
head yes, so the audience will think your speech is historically significant.
The
CFO elevated bafflegab to an art form in that quarterly earnings
call.