English

Proper noun

Jabberwocky

1. A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

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English

Noun

jabberwocky ‎(usually uncountable, plural jabberwockies)

1. invented or meaningless language; nonsense

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Adjective

jabberwocky ‎(comparative more jabberwocky, superlative most jabberwocky)

1. meaningless, worthless
2. absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
   • 2009 August 28, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:

     Only the Pet Shop Boys can sing jabberwocky lines like “I thought I heard a train/Down in the cemetery/Cellophane” and make them sound sexy and evil.

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