They may simplify their speech to concise sentences or words for them to repeat, or speak in nonsensical phrases (known as baby talk).

They moan or repeat nonsensical phrases or stare into space.

Dark carpets scrawled with nonsensical phrases meet walls of exposed concrete.

This somewhat nonsensical phrase has become Waltrip's trademark in recent years.

He was inevitably pleasant, but full of nonsensical phrases he presented as precious jewels of wisdom to those willing to engage him in talk.

She buried her face in his neck, murmuring nonsensical phrases and almost crying.

It also references Chase's own movie, Fletch, where he threw out nonsensical foreign phrases throughout the film.

The graffiti stood out in bold outlines and she lingered, reading some of the nonsensical phrases, the faceless names.

This is as opposed to a malapropism, where the substitution creates a nonsensical phrase.

Players are given a mondegreen: a nonsensical phrase that rhymes with a more common phrase or title.