Gobbledygook

[Rodimus]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

 

[yidnar]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

AI Overview



"Gobbledygook" is generally not considered a racist term; it is an English word coined in 1944 by Texas Congressman Maury Maverick to describe confusing, pompous, or nonsensical bureaucratic jargon, inspired by the noise of a turkey. It means gibberish or opaque language and has no origins in racism.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Error, the Vietnam War has been over for over 50 years, lol.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Gobbledygook is in no way shape or form aimed at you dog eaters.. nothing to do with race at all





God I could make beautiful mutant half breed babies with that dog eatin gook
That's probably racist
maybe just a little
who cares
I don't
I don't care anymore

That would get me 15 years hard labor in the UK
With five added on for being white devil

 

[luiza]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Diddums .
Sounds as though your head is as soft as your backside .

We are highly offended by your use of the name Rodimus .
You fail abysmally to live up to its meaning.
" Infirmus" and " Imbecillus " are more apt Latin names .



Our Family Motto is
"Audaces fortuna iuvat" .

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

That should so be next year's Super Bowl halftime show!

I'd watch!

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

How do you feel about poppycock?

 

[1srelluc]

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Stupid interpretation!

 

[Captain Caveman]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Offense/offensive is subjective and based on feelings. I suggest you change your feelings.

 

[petro]

Stick and stones may break my bones...
But gobbledygook will never hurt me.

 

[jacksonlamb]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Quit being a goblin.

 

[Rodimus]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

how bout the phrase chink-in-the-armor? that's very racist to us Asians. I wish people would stop using Gobbledygook and chink-in-the-armor.

 

[Concerned American]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

It means 'wordy nonsense' It has no racial connotation.

 

[Rodimus]

It means 'wordy nonsense' It has no racial connotation.

but the word gook is racist. and the word chink in chink-in-the-armor is racist too.

 

[The Irish Ram]

The word Gobbledygook is offensive to me because I am Asian. I am offended that Stephen Colbert and President Obama used the word.

Don't create an offense where there is none:

Gobbledygook is a term for complex and unclear language full of confusing jargon and long words. The word gobbledygook comes from 1944, inspired by a turkey and it's gobbling.

There are enough offenses out there to find you. Unless you're a turkey, you can let this one go...

 

[Concerned American]

but the word gook is racist. and the word chink in chink-in-the-armor is racist too.

True--but if you parse words in language like that you could make many words into something they aren't. It is a nonsense word for nonsense. The same goes for your other example. A chink in armor has meant a weak spot in armor since long before someone made it into racist term. Same goes for the sealant that goes between the logs of a log cabin--they predate the term you're referencing. I think you're being too sensitive.

 

[jacksonlamb]

Rodimus, 'racisism' rests in the use of the word, not the word itself.

 

[Captain Creeper]

how bout the phrase chink-in-the-armor? that's very racist to us Asians. I wish people would stop using Gobbledygook and chink-in-the-armor.

When my dad suspected something shady going on, he would say “There’s a n****r in the woodpile”.

I don’t know what that means, by I know what dad meant when he said it.

 

[buck eye]

Ha ha ha