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"Technospeak" redirects here and is not to be confused with technical jargon.

Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak,[1] is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon.[2]

In pseudoscience

The New Age and quantum mysticism movements have frequently been accused of relying on technobabble.

See also

References

  1. ^ Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus (2nd ed.). Oxford: Spark Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4114-0508-0.
  2. ^ Lundin, Leigh (2009-12-31). "Buzzwords – bang * splat !". Don Martin School of Software. Criminal Brief.
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