Gabblement

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A sound characterized by rapid and often incoherent speech that creates a sense of babbling or chatter
2. a series of nonsensical utterances that can be difficult to decipher
3. the act of engaging in talk that lacks clarity and is typically hurried or jumbled

Etymology: "Gabblement" is a plain formation: the verb "gabble" with the suffix "-ment" attached. "Gabble" itself is a word of imitative origin, meant to suggest the quick, indistinct chatter of speech, and the suffix "-ment," borrowed through Old French from Latin "-mentum," forms nouns that name an action or its result, as in "argument" or "movement." Put together, "gabblement" names the product of gabbling: a stream of rapid, unclear talk in which individual words are hard to pick out. The suffix is the same one found in many older English nouns, so the word reads as a natural extension of the verb rather than a special coinage.