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Mumbo jumbo   /mˈəmboʊ dʒˈəmboʊ/   Listen
Mumbo jumbo

noun
1.
Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion.





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"Mumbo jumbo" Quotes from Famous Books



... but folklore, he said to himself. Nothing more than that. Every one knew it. All intelligent people were nowadays of one religion. The thing was manifestly absurd—the Hebrew fetich was dead—dead as Mumbo Jumbo. "Thank God!" he added inconsequently. He walked faster and faster, and on more than one occasion he brushed hurriedly against some of the brutal frequenters of that part of the world on foggy evenings. A rough lout growled belligerently at him, but shrank from the gladsome light ...
— Bog-Myrtle and Peat - Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895 • S.R. Crockett


Words linked to "Mumbo jumbo" :   gibber, gibberish


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