Pretentious chatter about a 1960 Hitchcock thriller?

• Inappropriately used therapeutic jargon
• Using language loaded with psychological terminology
• Some self-help spoutings, say

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And only rarely do they allow their managers to couch frank appraisals in canned legalese and innocuous psychobabble . ▪ As instrumentally overblown as the worst art rock and as lyrically shallow as any psychobabble .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial. (from 20th c.)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Psychobabble (a portmanteau of " psychology " or " psychoanalysis " and " babble ") is a form of speech or writing that uses psychological jargon , buzzwords , and esoteric language to create an impression of truth or plausibility. The term implies that ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. using language loaded with psychological terminology

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1976, from psycho- (representing psychology ) + babble (n.). Earlier was psychologese (1961).