A person, or, group of persons who engage in nonsensical conversation. Anyone who utters various words or topics in a statement (or several statements), none of which relate to each other.
"I thought Mr. Z explained our Math assignment well...that is, until he started psychobabbling about his childhood nightmares". "The bum on the corner started psychobabbling until someone gave him a dollar, then he shut up". Psychobabble talking crazy
by Laenemorej July 17, 2009
Slapping many insanities on a person, most of which are usually not warranted. The main reason most kids today have ADD or take riddilin or other such things. disabilities when really they are just lazy, or stupid.
"Did you hear that Johnny got diagnosed with ADD?" "Bah, thats psychobabble, you know he's just lazy!"
by Jeremy November 10, 2003
by Suave Legend November 11, 2014
Speech that is heavy in post-structuralist jargon that is heavily based on experience and emotion instead of well-known science.
Every time Liam starts talking about his substandard art, he tries to explain it in rambling psychobabble...
by jillian c September 18, 2005
The illogical stream of words that spew from the mouth of a person incapable of logical thinking or having a constructive conversation. Often experienced when breaking up with or divorcing a significant other.
"My x called my last night and wouldn't shut up. I can't stand to listen to that psychobabble anymore. Someone needs to take her cell phone away"
by Phone guy May 20, 2009
A derisive word for any emotional conversation used by people who have a lot of issues and thus fear any sort of intense conversation and want to write it all off as somehow illogical or inferior.
by Downvoting Victim August 31, 2015
When a person or people speak about ideas or subjects using baseless information with no substantiating facts, in a way that doesn't make sense to the audience, and sounds psychotic or unusual to those listening.
My history teacher went on a wild tangent during class, filled with psychobabble regarding his own biased, political views, instead of fact based history.
by Holaholala July 15, 2025