Technobabble
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Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak,<ref name="OED">Template:Cite book</ref> is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon.<ref name="CB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is common in science fiction. Use of technobabble in the Star Trek universe is referred to treknobabble.
See also
- Academese
- Bullshit
- Bogdanov affair
- Dihydrogen monoxide parody
- Flux capacitor
- Fedspeak
- Neologism
- Officialese
- Psychobabble
- Reverse the polarity
- Rubber science
- Sokal affair
- Turbo encabulator
- Pseudoscience
References
External links
- Technology Column called Technobabble Template:Webarchive
- Technobabble Generators
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