word salad en · NOUN
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Etymology
From word + salad, based on the notion that salads offer varied bulk, yet do not substantially provide sustained nutrition.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders.
All of his other verbal offerings were continuous word-salad—a mixture of made-up sounds, syllables, words, and incomplete phrases.
2018, Bob Bertolino, PhD, Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 120:
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(uncountable, usually) Meaningless text generated by a computer.
Results will be shown for recognition, prediction, and separation of regular input from word salad (random sequences of words).
2003, Bjørnar Tessem, Eighth Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence: SCAI'03, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 107:
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(uncountable, usually) An intentionally nonsensical and voluminous statement.
Chris Wallace asked @GovAbbott why he didn't complain about migrant abuse when Trump was President and he launched into word salad, with no real answer.
2021, Jeremy Newberger, Twitter:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| word-salad | alternative | lexicographic | |
| word salads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
ru слове́сная окро́шка (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia) · pl bełkot (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia) · tr laf salatası (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia) · pt salada de palavras (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia) · ru слове́сный сала́т (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia) · fr salade de mots (a nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia)