1. "I have always been scared of you, With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo" (984)
2. My Guess: I am confused as to what Plath intended the word "gobbledygoo" to mean in this sentence. All the other words that confused me in the passage had a footnote explaining them, they were all German words that she used to express how she was scared of her father. So my best guess would be that gobbledygoo is a German word of some variation of a German word that she is using to explain her feelings.
3. Research: Sadly the closest definition I could find was for the word "goobledygook"
Goobledygook - A load of nonsense. To speak gibberish and/or rubbish (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gooble-de-gook)
4. Explanation: Even though I did not find the exact word used by Plath in the poem , I think that the definition helped my understanding of the phrase. She is describing things about her father that scare her, portraying him as a German Nazi. The word "goobledygoo" refers to the way in which he spoke she did nto understand things he would say and she was intimidated by the way he spoke.
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