It isnt really a language you can learn, you either know exactly which thingamajig to adjust on the whoszit or, to quote a good friend of mine, KABOOM! — Jasper Cameron, Leader of The Bronze Ravens
Technically, I believe the actual term is "techno-babble" however, to avoid confusion with the actual
Babble it has taken on the name Gobbledygook. It is a shorthand language used solely by goblin artificers and inventors, much to the annoyance of gnomes, dwarves, halflings, elves... well pretty much everyone else that may be in the same shop. I thought that I was starting to pick up on it a little bit, as everyone has little nonsense phrases that they use in place of a word, but with goblins the meaning of these phrases are both universal and fluid.
I was once in a goblin workshop and over the course of an hour heard no less than 47 different tools referred to as a hammer, only 4 of which were hammers, although others 7 were used as hammers. Despite this, no worker had to be sent back for the correct tool. I would say that there is a shared psychic field amongst the goblin race, but if that is the case, other psychically sensitive beings are unable to tap into it (see Accident report dated Midsummer 4888 for lab 12 and warehouses 23-30).
I will attempt to list here what I have possibly been able to discern, although I'm sure any goblin reading this will laugh and say just how wrong I am:
Tool names: all tool names are interchangeable, for instance, a hammer could mean an actual hammer, but is just as likely to mean a chisel, or a pry-bar, or a saw
Whatsit is usually a shop specific tool for the project at hand... except when it means charcoal stick or wax crayon
Thingamajig: valve, dial, bellows, switch, pulley, weight
argle-bargle: fire, water, steam, salt, niter, spark powder, quench barrel, oil, lunch
malarky: unspecified measurement of time (I think)
whoszit: not to be confused with a whatsit, whoszits are equipment, like a bellows, pulley, or gearbox, also sometimes a person, like the safety rope yanker
piffle: unit of measure, such as "add a piffle more water" or "turn that valve a piffle widdershins"
Lolol, my gnomes probably would use that. :D
I wholeheartedly support this.