• Technobabble (a portmanteau of technology and babble), also called technospeak, is a type of nonsense that consists of buzzwords, esoteric language, or...
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  • Jordan Hoffman gave the film a "A-" grade, saying "There's a ton of technobabble that you have to take on faith, but Jones and Powell do more than sell...
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  • encabulator is a fictional electromechanical machine with a satirical technobabble description that became a famous in-joke among engineers after it was...
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  • science fiction and science fantasy. The less realistic and the more "technobabble" any explanation is, the closer the work is to technofantasy. The concept...
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    body. His discussions of quantum healing have been characterized as technobabble – "incoherent babbling strewn with scientific terms" by those proficient...
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  • has a natural aptitude for science and technology and often speaks in technobabble. Thus, he generally prefers using gadgets in battle over hand-to-hand...
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  • question has no particular relation to superluminal travel (a form of technobabble, akin to positronic brain). Lorentz-violating neutrino oscillations Massive...
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    "spirits used to sink" whenever he was required to memorise and recite technobabble. He eventually came to better understand the cultural differences between...
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  • hard it sometimes was to deliver the technobabble used by La Forge in these scenes with a straight face: "Technobabble brings with it its own challenge....
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  • potential mistakes and insecurities can go unnoticed. Technobabble Snake oil salespeople may use "technobabble" to sell their product since cryptography is a...
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    "NTB05058 Nissan technical service bulletin regarding power valve screws" "Technobabble: December 2001 by Dave Coleman, "SportCompactCar", December 2001, retrieved...
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  • Scat singing Simlish SMOG Spin (propaganda) Stanley Unwin (comedian) Technobabble Walla Word salad Zaum Gibberlink Robertson, J.P.S.; Shamsie, S.J. (1959)...
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  • Horowitz, Josh (March 8, 2007). "'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble – But Not Matt Damon". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7...
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  • 1989. His discussions of quantum healing have been characterised as technobabble - "incoherent babbling strewn with scientific terms" which drives those...
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  • and missiles instead of lasers, and the series intentionally avoids technobabble. Instead, most of the stories deal with the apocalyptic fallout of the...
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  • intentionally gave the number no meaning to avoid including unnecessary technobabble into a drama-driven episode. "33" was director Michael Rymer's first...
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    action-fest." However, Haque pointed out the "slightly campy feel" as well as technobabble as faults. The review ended with: "Best. Torchwood. Ever. Really, we...
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    cloaking and overcoming defensive shields, which has been regarded as "technobabble" by Mashable contributor Keith Wagstaff: dialogue that implies a scientific...
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  • hangout, a technique used by the intelligence services Psychobabble and technobabble, techniques used in fast talk "Misdirection" (Inside No. 9), a television...
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  • scientists cracking invisibility" and called it the "kind of movie that subs technobabble ("Thirty-five Teslas and climbing! Fast!") for true suspense." Philadelphia...
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  • telepathically linked race we had the kind of good, solid SF idea – simple and technobabble-free enough for the non-SF literate audience to grasp – in which the...
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  • and Q in contrast to the rest of the cast, as well as the unnecessary technobabble in the story and the MacGuffin-like plot device represented by the crystal...
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  • date". He said that the episode "manages to smoothly present a ton of technobabble with clarity and precision" and praised the dialogue and the "exhilarating"...
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  • March 5, 2005, with its first episode December 3, 2004. Computer jargon Technobabble GeekSpeak Website iTunes Podcast "#015, February 25, 1998 - Cruzio Internet"...
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  • pastiche straight out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Plotting and technobabble were mentioned as other detrimental facets of Part 2. The ninth season...
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    concept of hyperspace, the reasons given for such restrictions are usually technobabble, but their existence can be an important plot device.: 74–76 : 554  Science...
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  • needed] Emerging technologies Hypothetical technology Mad scientist Technobabble Technology forecasting "SFE: Technology". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved...
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    speech or writing that uses psychological jargon in a misleading way Technobabble – Jargon-sounding nonsense Plain English – Simple terms in the English...
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    Counter-Clock Incident". In order to focus more on the story and away from the technobabble, Gene Roddenberry commissioned Michael Okuda to invent a revised warp...
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  • Wikipedia Corporate jargon Legalese Plain Language Act 2022 Psychobabble Technobabble Buzzword Weasel word Basic English New General Service List Français...
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