mumbo jumbo

noun

mum·bo jum·bo ˌməm-bō-ˈjəm-(ˌ)bō

Synonyms of mumbo jumbo next

: an object of superstitious homage and fear

: a complicated often ritualistic observance with elaborate trappings

: complicated activity or language usually intended to obscure and confuse

: unnecessarily involved and incomprehensible language : gibberish

: language, behavior, or beliefs based on superstition

Examples of mumbo jumbo in a Sentence

We were confused by all the legal mumbo jumbo. His explanation was just a lot of mumbo jumbo.

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The rub is that his world is dying because of some specific mumbo jumbo that leads Wade to seek out a Wolverine from a parallel universe to save it. —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024 That's marketing mumbo jumbo just like Apple's Retina display, but this new OLED purportedly offers a 40 percent higher peak brightness than the Pixel 7A—up to 2,000 nits (1,400 nits with HDR). —

Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 7 May 2024 Part of the challenge navigating this thread is discerning what’s actually material and what’s just performative mumbo jumbo. —

Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024 But whatever all-for-one, the-strength-of-the-wolf-is-the-pack mumbo jumbo that has held the Pac-12 together for the past year now feels painfully trite. —

Bill Oram, oregonlive, 27 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for mumbo jumbo