Word: gibberish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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LOOK OUT, FURBY Just when it seemed we were safe from those cloying Furbies, along comes another batch of furry wannabes. Wuvvies from Trendmasters ($30) are bright blue or green toys that sing, talk, laugh and speak gibberish when kids age 4 and up touch hidden sensors on the Wuvvy's forehead, back and mouth. But unlike Furbies, the larger Wuvvies have blinking antennae and little kangaroo pouches that open to reveal a baby Wuvvy that sings and talks with...
...years our ancestors may hold up a carefully preserved final exam booklet, but may see the contents as gibberish. (In this case, the difference may not be so significant...
GNHBA: Pretty soon, if we're lucky, we can all talk in words that mean nothing. Gibberish. Pig Latin. I was pretty good at Pig Latin. Ix-nay on the olerance-tay, people. At this rate, I could have a political career...
...Okay, take the College's alcohol policy. It's really for the birds. I mean, when I went to register, I got handed this 30-page packet of legal gibberish and administrative threats. They probably spent more time putting it together than all the first-years combined spent on glancing at it before throwing it in the trash...
...streamline sampling, the system identifies subjects not by their entire genetic blueprint but by tiny stretches of DNA coding, known as short tandem repeats that are just two to seven base-pairs long. Though little more than genetic gibberish, STRs yield remarkably accurate results. If three of the ministrands match a suspect's, the likelihood is 2,000 to 1 that police have the right person. Nine matches boost the odds to 1 billion to 1. FBI sampling rules require no fewer than 13 matches. "Its success as a crime-fighting tool is incredible," says Christopher Asplen, director...