![]() ![]() helter-skelter, hanky-panky, roly-poly, willy-nilly, hocus-pocus), coupling "jibber" and "jabber" would have been a natural formation at any time in the last 400 years, and it may have been commonplace for many years before it finally appeared in print. Given English-speakers' love of reduplicated words (e.g. gabble, yabber, gab, jabble.) The earliest sighting of "jibber-jabber" recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1922, but that doesn't mean that was "the year it first appeared". In Reply to: Jibber jabber posted by David FG on Novemat 08:58:: : Where did the phrase 'jibber jabber' come from I need the year it first appeared. (There are a number of similar words in English all meanig much the same thing - e.g. Posted by Victoria S Dennis on Novemat 16:32. "Jibber" (spelt "gibber") was used by Shakespeare "jabber" is recorded in 1499. Baby Talk Jibber Jabber is an interactive PowerPoint game. Jibber-jabber is a coupling of "jibber" and "jabber", which are themselves variants of the same onomatopoeic verb meaning "To speak rapidly and inarticulately to chatter, talk nonsense". Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense: ranging across speech sounds that are not actual words, 1 pseudowords, language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsiders. For example: 'Isle of View' is really 'I Love You'. Lorem ipsum is a placeholder text to use test. Fun for virtual parties via Zoom or in person events at home This game comes with 25 rounds of Jibber Jabber and a score sheet. For example: 'Isle of View' is really 'I Love You'. Read the words/phrases on the screen and try to sound them out to make a Baby themed word or phrase. Read the words/phrases on the screen and try to sound them out to make a Christmas themed word or phrase. Baby Talk Jibber Jabber is an interactive PowerPoint game. ![]() ![]() : Not having even the 'foggiest' idea is having no idea at all not even a badly formed, undefined one. Christmas Jibber Jabber is an interactive PowerPoint game. : As for the second part, something that is 'foggy' is unclear, hard to discern - for fairly obvious reasons - so a foggy idea (if such a phrase existed) would be a vague one. Also, where did the phrase "I haven't the foggiest idea" come from? Read the words/phrases on the screen and try to sound them out to make a Halloween themed word or phrase. : : Where did the phrase "jibber jabber" come from? I need the year it first appeared. Halloween Jibber Jabber is an interactive PowerPoint game. In Reply to: Jibber jabber posted by David FG on Novemat 08:58: Posted by Victoria S Dennis on Novemat 16:32 ![]()
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