Sunday Word: Jabberwocky

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Jab·ber·wock·y (ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ):
origin: coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky", a poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

noun
1. a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
2. an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
adjective
3. consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.

However, I feel it is worthy to mention Mr. Carroll's own definition, or understanding, of the word. Found in response to The Girls' Latin School of Boston, who asked permission to name their school newspaper, "The Jabberwocky" (1888).

( ~his reply~ )

Now, that's not nonsense!