Haigspeakn.

/ˈheɪɡspiːk/

Forms: Also hyphenated.

Etymology: < the name of Alexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. Secretary of State 1981–82 + -speak suffix.

Convoluted or obfuscatory language of a type supposedly characteristic of Alexander Haig, esp. in his dealings with the press; unintelligible verbiage, ‘bafflegab’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

windc1290

trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

tattlea1529

tittle-tattlea1529

chatc1530

babblery1532

bibble-babble1532

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trittle-trattle1563

prate?1574

babblement1595

pribble-prabble1595

pribble1603

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pibble-pabblea1616

sounda1616

spitter-spatter1619

argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

drivelling1637

jabberment1645

blateration1656

onology1670

whittie-whattiea1687

stultiloquence1721

claver1722

blether1786

havera1796

jaunder1796

havering1808

slaver1825

yatter1827

bugaboo1833

flapdoodle1834

bavardage1835

maunder1835

tattlement1837

slabber1840

gup1848

faddle1850

chatter1851

cock1851

drivel1852

maundering1853

drooling1854

windbaggery1859

blither1866

javer1869

mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

1981 Washington Post 4 Apr. a14/1 State Department sources denied a waggish report that Walters, a phenomenal linguist who is reputed to be fluent in eight languages..has been hired to translate ‘Haigspeak’ into English.

1983 G. Priestland At Large 179 ‘A flexible pluralistic dialogue’,..‘a comprehensive pressurized capability’..it all sounds like good, convincing Haig-speak.

1986 Sunday Times 7 Sept. 13/8 The answer was authentic Haigspeak: ‘It's premature now for such posturing in a definitive way.’

1989 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. 23/4 The secretary now knows he blundered like the rankest amateur. ‘I could simply have no-commented,’ he finally admitted in Haigspeak, ‘which is what I should have done.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	haigspeak
释义	Haigspeakn. /ˈheɪɡspiːk/ Forms: Also hyphenated. Etymology: < the name of Alexander Haig (1924–2010), U.S. Secretary of State 1981–82 + -speak suffix. Convoluted or obfuscatory language of a type supposedly characteristic of Alexander Haig, esp. in his dealings with the press; unintelligible verbiage, ‘bafflegab’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1981 Washington Post 4 Apr. a14/1 State Department sources denied a waggish report that Walters, a phenomenal linguist who is reputed to be fluent in eight languages..has been hired to translate ‘Haigspeak’ into English. 1983 G. Priestland At Large 179 ‘A flexible pluralistic dialogue’,..‘a comprehensive pressurized capability’..it all sounds like good, convincing Haig-speak. 1986 Sunday Times 7 Sept. 13/8 The answer was authentic Haigspeak: ‘It's premature now for such posturing in a definitive way.’ 1989 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. 23/4 The secretary now knows he blundered like the rankest amateur. ‘I could simply have no-commented,’ he finally admitted in Haigspeak, ‘which is what I should have done.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1981
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