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In 1944, manager Maury Maverick sent this memo to the workers at his government agency:

https://research.archives.gov/id/7788338

This is the first known usage of gobbledygook to refer to obscure jargon. It wouldn’t be the last.

(From the National Archives.)

April 29, 2016April 28, 2016 | History · Language

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