Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nonsensical speech or writing.
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- adjective
meaningless ,worthless - adjective
absurd ,nonsense , non-sensical
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- noun nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nowadays the word jabberwocky is used to mean nonsensical language in general. †"V Venkata Rao, Ahmedabad
The Times of India 2010
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But those winds were futile as a device for prying away such an inspissated couple for once they were together this man and woman babbled to each other a mutually pleasurable one word jabberwocky despite the fiercely driven rains, hail, and the flash flood at their feet.
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Saatchi, of course, had a merry group of fawning lackeys to give him confidence, to spout on his behalf the jargon and jabberwocky of the contemporary curator.
Evening Standard - Home Brian Sewell 2011
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Saatchi, of course, had a merry group of fawning lackeys to give him confidence, to spout on his behalf the jargon and jabberwocky of the contemporary curator.
Evening Standard - Home Brian Sewell 2011
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The word "jabberwocky" was coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a poem in "Alice in Wonderland."
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For one thing, the virus is spread through words, resulting in the kind of jabberwocky that makes experimental ninth-grade creative writing classes sound like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
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He nominated these two guys -- if I may call them that -- he nominated these two guys after the deadline so he has to wait until 2004 and I just think we're in some kind of jabberwocky world where you nominate some one who declares a war for the Peace Prize.
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Yes, this musical "jabberwocky" sounded like a work from twenty years ago.
Sequenza21/ 2009
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7. The word "jabberwocky" was coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a poem in "Alice in Wonderland."
March 2009 2009
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a bit of "jabberwocky" .. but the truth is, as I wrote, that netanyahu is the lesser of the evils.
gloriaha commented on the word jabberwocky
Who doesn't love this word?
January 5, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word jabberwocky
Indeed!
January 7, 2007
picklechipsluva5 commented on the word jabberwocky
If you have not read the poem, The Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll, please do. I love love love that poem!
June 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word jabberwocky
...which, thanks to innovative new Poetrie technology, is already available on this site. :-)
June 15, 2007
picklechipsluva5 commented on the word jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bit, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in though.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast though slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
-Lewis Carroll
(A poem that preceeds Through the Looking Glass)
June 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word jabberwocky
And now it's available twice. Yep.
June 15, 2007
frindley commented on the word jabberwocky
Here there be a link to an ever-growing list of translations of this marvellous poem. Everything from Afrikaans to Yiddish, and not neglecting Esperanto, Latin and Klingon.
April 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word jabberwocky
I believe that the first stanza of the poem is repeated at the end. At least, that's how I learned it.
April 6, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jabberwocky
Yikes! Don't let gangerh see that page! ;-> Thanks, frindley.
April 7, 2008
oroboros commented on the word jabberwocky
Jabberwocky Spell-checked
`Twas billing, and the smithy toes
Did gyre and gamble in the wage:
All missy were the brogues,
And the mime rats outrage.
"Beware the Jabber Wick, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jujube bird, and shun
The furious Bender Snatch!"
He took his viral sword in hand:
Long time the Manxwomen foe he sought –
So rested he by the Tutu tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in offish thought he stood,
The Jabber Wick, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffing through the tulle wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The viral blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabber Wick?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O crablouse day! Callow! Allay!'
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas billing, and the smithy toes
Did gyre and gamble in the wage;
All missy were the brogues
And the mime rats outrage.
--via futilitycloset.com
September 1, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word jabberwocky
oroboros, you are a friggin' genius.
September 2, 2009
reesetee commented on the word jabberwocky
Oh crablouse day!
September 2, 2009