Gibberish (sometimes Jibberish or Geta
) is a
language game that is played in the
United States
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and
Canada
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by adding "idig" to the beginning of each syllable of spoken words.
Similar games are played in many other countries. The name
Gibberish
Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that is (or appears to be) nonsense. It may include speech sounds that are not actual words, pseudowords, or language games and specialized jargon that seems nonsensical to outsider ...
refers to the nonsensical sound of words spoken according to the rules of this game.
[How to Speak Gibberish - wikiHow](_blank)
Oct. 11, 2009
See also
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Rövarspråket
''Rövarspråket'' ( en, The Robber Language) is a Swedish language game. It became popular after the books about Bill Bergson by Astrid Lindgren, where the children use it as a code, both at play and in solving actual crimes.
The formula for enco ...
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Word chain
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Pig Latin
References
Language games
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