hocus-pocus
noun/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
[uncountable]- language or behaviour that makes no sense and is intended to hide the truth from peopleMore Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative wordsWord Originearly 17th cent.: from hax pax max Deus adimax, a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magic formula by conjurors.
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