Technobabble

"Technospeak" redirects here. Not to be confused with technical jargon.

Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak,<ref name="OED">Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus (2nd ed.). Oxford: Spark Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4114-0508-0.</ref> is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon.<ref name="CB">Lundin, Leigh (2009-12-31). "Buzzwords – bang * splat !". Don Martin School of Software. Criminal Brief.</ref> It is common in science fiction.

See also

• Academese
• Bullshit
• Bogdanov affair
• Dihydrogen monoxide parody
• Flux capacitor
• Fedspeak
• Neologism
• Officialese
• Psychobabble
• Rubber science
• Sokal affair
• Turbo encabulator
• pseudoscience

External links

• Technology Column called Technobabble Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Technobabble Generators
• Tremeer, Eleanor. "Reverse The Polarity! What Is Technobabble And Why Do We Use It?". Babbel Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
• Grossman, Lisa. "Ronald D. Moore on Why Galactica Steered Clear of 'Technobabble,' Aliens". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
• Wagstaff, Keith (2018-07-15). "The science behind Star Trek technobabble". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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