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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Jabberwocky
Description: Jabberwocky is a noun that refers to meaningless language.
A poem by Lewis Carroll called Through the Looking Glass gave birth to our word of the day in 1871. This whimsical poem referred to a frightful beast called a jabberwock. Since then, jabberwocky has been a permanent fixture in the English vernacular, often used to describe made-up, invented words that have no particular meaning — like jabberwocky.
Andrea was a skilled mayor in all areas except one. She lacked the ability to extricate herself from unpleasant questions by making up language. Had she been more talented at th...