double talk

Meaning

Noun

• Doublespeak.
• : Lies, especially in a formal political statement.
• Speech which combines English and English-sounding gibberish for humorous effect.
• A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible.
• A situation when two people talk at the same time, causing overlapping audio signals.

Related

Similar words

• doublespeak, double Dutch, gibberish, jibber-jabber, nonsense

Origin

• From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.