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Technobabble
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<p>Technobabble (a <a href="/facts/Portmanteau/d124JEbz">portmanteau</a> of <i>technology</i> and <i>babble</i>), also called technospeak, is a type of <a href="/facts/Nonsense/rtD6HDJC">nonsense</a> that consists of <a href="/facts/Buzzword/umj6poF9">buzzwords</a>, esoteric language, or technical <a href="/facts/Jargon/eI6scBdF">jargon</a>. It is common in <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a>. Use of technobabble in the <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek/kKGkVK5y">Star Trek</a></i> universe is referred to treknobabble. </p>