Jabberwocky
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
Word Origin
- Jabberwocky
- 1872, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
Example
- 1. Why don 't you slay the jabberwocky yourself ?