Gabble
From the Robert E. Howard Lexicon
© 2017 James LaFond
JUN/15/17
“A moment the small people of the market place stopped their gabble as the proud array swept by…”
-Robert E. Howard, from a fragment of an untitled Kull story
gab•ble
ˈɡabəl/
verb
verb: gabble; 3rd person present: gabbles; past tense: gabbled; past participle: gabbled; gerund or present participle: gabbling
1. 1.
talk rapidly and unintelligibly; utter meaningless sounds.
synonyms: jabber, babble, prattle, rattle, blabber, gibber, blab, drivel, twitter, sputter
noun
noun: gabble
1. 1.
rapid, unintelligible talk.
synonyms: jabbering, babbling, chattering, gibbering, babble, chatter, rambling
Origin
late 16th century: from Dutch gabbelen, of imitative origin.
time & cosmos
logic of force
song of the secret gardener
dark, distant futures
ranger?
barbarism versus civilization
the sunset saga complete
the fighting edge
taboo you
into leviathan’s maw
fiction anthology one
the combat space
cracker-boy
z-pill forever
wife—
advent america
blue eyed daughter of zeus
broken dance
the gods of boxing
book of nightmares
sons of aryas
all-power-fighting
honor among men
solo boxing
your trojan whorse
winter of a fighting life
on combat
within leviathan’s craw
hate
sorcerer!
logic of steel
the year the world took the z-pill
the greatest boxer
the lesser angels of our nature
beasts of aryas
songs of aryas
menthol rampage
triumph
son of a lesser god
by the wine dark sea
when you're food
fanatic
predation
on the overton railroad
fate
america the brutal
orphan nation
the first boxers
under the god of things
thriving in bad places
masculine axis
night city
let the world fend for itself
the greatest lie ever sold
uncle satan