jabberwocky
noun · /JAB-er-wok-ee/
Jabberwocky means silly or confusing words that sound like they might mean something, but are mostly nonsense. It comes from a famous poem by Lewis Carroll.
In a sentence
- "The baby’s happy jabberwocky made everyone at the picnic laugh."
- "Milo wrote a poem full of jabberwocky, with words like “flibber-flap” and “moonmuddle.”"