From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Remove gibberish and nonsensical writing

Remove gibberish and nonsensical writing

From the course: Writing in Plain English (2016)

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Remove gibberish and nonsensical writing

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- [Voiceover] Goobledygook, and its synonym, gibberish, means nonsense, or makes no sense. A spoken word that makes no sense is more likely to be referred to as gibberish, and the written nonsense is more likely to be called gobbledygook, but regardless of which term is used, they refer to meaningless, empty phrases. This is another example of writing using long, complicated words that sound impressive and probably confusing because they have no meaning. Listen to these, the solution can only be integrated with administrative resources or projections. Our upgraded model now offers total asset contingencies. Today marks the 20th anniversary celebration of our responsive strategic mobility. A window to discuss your optional administrative alignment has been suggested. If someone said any of those to me, I would smile politely and hope that what was said doesn't require a response, because I have no idea what was said. If I read those statements in a memo or email or newspaper article, I…

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