Technobabble

"Technospeak" redirects here and is not to be confused with technical jargon.

Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak,^[1] is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or technical jargon.^[2] It is common in science fiction. Use of technobabble in the Star Trek universe is referred to treknobabble.

See also

• Academese
• Bullshit
• Bogdanov affair
• Dihydrogen monoxide parody
• Flux capacitor
• Fedspeak
• Neologism
• Officialese
• Psychobabble
• Reverse the polarity
• Rubber science
• Sokal affair
• Turbo encabulator
• Pseudoscience