mumbo jumbo
noun/ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/
/ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/
[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)- language or a ceremony that seems complicated and important but is actually without real sense or meaning synonym nonsense
- religious/medical/bureaucratic mumbo jumbo
- I won’t have anything to do with spiritualism, ghosts and all that mumbo jumbo.
More Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative wordsWord Originmid 18th cent. (as Mumbo Jumbo, denoting a supposed African idol): of unknown origin; the current sense dates from the late 19th cent.
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