19 July 2015

jabber

[jab-er]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter.
noun
2. rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.

Origin of jabber
1490-1500; apparently imitative; cf. gibber, gab1

Related forms
jabberer, noun
jabberingly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for jabber

Contemporary Examples

The Gyllenhaal siblings are also a shoo-in, though I fear I would jibber and jabber —and possibly giggle—over Jake.
(My Fantasy Seder Guest List, Emily L. Hauser, March 24, 2013)

Historical Examples

The girl began to jabber, incoherently but Martha Foote passed on through the little hall to the door of the bedroom.
(Cheerful–By Request, Edna Ferber)

Are you goin’ to keep up your jabber when I’m speakin’ to the gentlemen?
(A First Family of Tasajara, Bret Harte)

Anagram

jar ebb

Today’s quote

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

– Benjamin Franklin

On this day

19 July 64 AD – Rome’s Circus Maximus destroyed by fire, during the Great Fire of Rome.

19 July 1553 – 15 year old, Lady Jane Grey, the ‘Nine Day Queen’, deposed as Queen of England. On his deathbed, King Edward VI (also 15) named his cousin, Lady Jane, as his successor. She ‘ruled’ for 9 days before being deposed and charged with high treason, as was her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley. They were both executed in February 1554.

19 July 1799 – Rosetta Stone discovered by Napoleon’s expeditionary army in Egypt. The Rosetta Stone enabled the translation of hieroglyphs.

19 July 1940 – Adolf Hitler delivers his ‘Last Appeal to Reason’ speech, declaring his victory and appealing for Great Britain to surrender.

19 July 1947 – assassination of General Aung San, founder of modern day Burma and Burmese Army. Father of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient.

19 July 1976 – UK rock group, Deep Purple, breaks up.