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'''Technobabble''' (a [[portmanteau]] of ''technology'' and ''babble''), also called '''technospeak''',<ref name="OED">{{cite book| title=Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus| publisher=Spark Publishing| location=Oxford|year=2007| edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-4114-0508-0}}</ref> is a type of [[nonsense]] that consists of [[buzzword]]s, [[wiktionary:esoteric|esoteric]] language, or technical [[jargon]].<ref name="CB">{{cite web|url=http://www.criminalbrief.com/?p=10866| title=Buzzwords – bang * splat !| last=Lundin|first=Leigh| date=2009-12-31| publisher=Criminal Brief |work=Don Martin School of Software}}</ref> It is common in [[science fiction]]. Use of technobabble in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe is referred to '''treknobabble'''.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Academese]]<br />
* [[Bullshit]]<br />
* [[Bogdanov affair]]<br />
* [[Dihydrogen monoxide parody]]<br />
* [[Flux capacitor]]<br />
* [[Fedspeak]]<br />
* [[Neologism]]<br />
* [[Officialese]]<br />
* [[Psychobabble]]<br />
* [[Reverse the polarity]]<br />
* [[Rubber science]]<br />
* [[Sokal affair]]<br />
* [[Turbo encabulator]]<br />
* [[Pseudoscience]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Archive?author=oid%3A43048 Technology Column called Technobabble] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184927/http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Archive?author=oid:43048 |date=2007-09-30 }}<br />
*[https://continuingmissionsta.com/2017/09/18/need-some-technobabble-for-your-game/ Technobabble Generators]<br />
*{{Cite web |last=Tremeer |first=Eleanor |title=Reverse The Polarity! What Is Technobabble And Why Do We Use It? |url=https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/what-is-technobabble |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Babbel Magazine |language=en}}<br />
*{{Cite magazine |last=Grossman |first=Lisa |title=Ronald D. Moore on Why Galactica Steered Clear of 'Technobabble,' Aliens |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/10/galactica-technobabble/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |issn=1059-1028}}<br />
*{{Cite web |last=Wagstaff |first=Keith |date=2018-07-15 |title=The science behind Star Trek technobabble |url=https://mashable.com/article/star-trek-science-technobabble |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Mashable |language=en}}<br />
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