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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 17:58:20 EDT lnxw48a1
   I remember a commercial from the early 1970s for a product called gobbledegook. It was some sort of mold that you squeezed in some semi-liquid foodlike substance, put down the top and cooked it for a few minutes.
   
   When finished, the result was something like a gummy worm.
   
   I don't recall anyone I knew getting one.
   
   That was the first time I had heard the word. I did not yet know that its origins go back to the 1940s. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gobbledegook [www dictionary com]
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 18:06:05 EDT lnxw48a1

      in reply to
      https://sanantonioreport.org/little-known-origin-of-gobbledygook-rick-casey-column/ [sanantionioreport org]
      
      Claims about the origin of the word.