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gobblefunk

gobblefunk noun: the type of mixed-up language used by the title character, the Big Friendly Giant, in the novel The BFG by British author Roald Dahl.

Noun

gobblefunk (uncountable)

  1. The type of mixed-up language used by the title character, the Big Friendly Giant, in the novel The BFG by British author Roald Dahl.
    • ‘Wales is whales,’ the Giant [the title character] said. ‘Don’t gobblefunk around with words…’ / … / ‘You are once again globblefunking!’ the Giant shouted…1982, Roald Dahl, “The BFG”, in The BFG, Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 28

Origin of gobblefunk

Used in the book The BFG. Compare gabble, garble(?), gobbledygook.

Questions about gobblefunk

What does gobblefunk mean?
Gobblefunk means the type of mixed-up language used by the title character, the Big Friendly Giant, in the novel The BFG by British author Roald Dahl.
What part of speech is gobblefunk?
Gobblefunk is a noun.

Words near gobblefunk in the dictionary

  1. gobbledegooks
  2. gobbledygook
  3. gobbledygooker
  4. gobbledygookers
  5. gobbledygooks
  6. gobblefunk
  7. gobbler
  8. gobblers
  9. gobbles
  10. gobbles down
  11. gobbles up

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