"Gibberish" is an associated umbrella term for any nonsensical language

24 Jun 2021

Google’s first tweet was gibberish

Google’s first tweet was gibberishDo you know that Google’s first tweet on Twitter was gibberish?

The tweet reads, “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010”.

To a normal human, Google’s first-ever tweet on Twitter looks like nonsense! But, this is actually written in binary code. This is a coding system that uses the binary digits 0 and 1 to represent a letter, digit, or other characters in a computer or other electronic device.

So, if you translate the tweet from binary code to English, this tweet says “I’m feeling lucky". Google posted the tweet on 25 February 2009.
What is gibberish?
Gibberish, also called jibber-jabber or gobbledygook, is speech that seems to make no sense. Moreover, it includes speech sounds that are not actual words or language. As a result, it seems useless to outsiders.

The history of gibberish is uncertain. This was first seen in English in the early 16th century. Surprisingly, people thought it sound like it was copying real speech. Moreover, they found it similar to the words jabber (to talk rapidly) and gibber (to speak inarticulately).

The term 'gobbledygook' actually came from Maury Maverick, a former congressman (legislator) from Texas, US. He had sent a memorandum that said "Be short and use plain English. Stay off gobbledygook language". So, that's how the word came into use.

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