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DictionarygibberishUnintelligible language
noun

gibberish

JIB-er-ish/ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ/

Speech or writing that makes no sense.

The page contains gibberish rather than meaningful sentences.

A reader encounters plainly printed gibberish: a short page of crisp but nonsensical mixtures of familiar letters, digits, and punctuation.
Etymology

Gibberish imitates the sound of chatter and was probably influenced by jabber. Its early sense of rapid, inarticulate speech connects directly to speech or writing whose meaning cannot be understood.

In context

Drift Off To History37:46
whoever wrote it seemed to truly understand what they were writing. The script flows like natural language, not random gibberish
Ancient Relics That Can't Be Explained | Calming Bedtime History Documentary for Deep Sleep

More examples

  • His explanation sounded like gibberish.
  • The corrupted file produced gibberish.
  • She could make nothing of the gibberish.

Forms

gibberish

Similar words

nonsense
Meaningless or foolish content more broadly.
babble
Rapid confused talk rather than necessarily writing.