technobabble
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Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak, is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon. It is common in science fiction. Use of technobabble in the Star Trek universe is referred to treknobabble.
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Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak, is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon. 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 Parody science Psychobabble Reverse the polarity Rubber science Sokal affair Turbo encabulator Pseudoscience