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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Galimatias
Description: Galimatias is a noun that refers to confused or meaningless talk.
Our word of the day has no clear origin, but we can say with certainty that it arrived in English around the mid 17th century and has been used to ridicule silly and ineffective language. Here’s an example of it:
The galimatias that appeared in the senator’s speech is typical of what we can expect for the next six years. Nonsense and gibberish has been a part of his life forever.