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jabberwocky
jabberwocky [ jábbər woki ]


noun 
Definition:
 
nonsense language: speech or writing that is meaningless or intended as humorous nonsense
[Early 20th century. < 'Jabberwocky', nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll]
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