sociobabble

noun

Etymology

From socio- + babble.

  1. derived from *baba-
  2. derived from *bʰa-bʰa-
  3. inherited from *babalōną
  4. inherited from *bablōn
  5. inherited from *bæblian
  6. inherited from babelen
  7. prefixed as sociobabble — “socio + babble

Definitions

  1. The jargon used by sociologists.

    • This urge to be "scientific" — demonstrating again the divine power of that word — is creating a whole new language paralleling English: sociobabble.
    • Although he seemed less introspective than the rest and his run-on sociobabble was a bit more aimless, he conveyed the same aura of perpetual distraction.
    • For those with a Pollyanna view of the world, gift-giving is (if you can take the sociobabble) the “feminized ideology of love”, motivated by emotions of “nurturant-dependence”.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sociobabble. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA