mumbo jumbo
noun
mum·bo jum·bo
ˌməm-bō-ˈjəm-(ˌ)bō 
1
: an object of superstitious homage and fear
2
a
: a complicated often ritualistic observance with elaborate trappings
b
: complicated activity or language usually intended to obscure and confuse
3
: unnecessarily involved and incomprehensible language : gibberish
4
: language, behavior, or beliefs based on superstition
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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.
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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
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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
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“Mumbo jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mumbo%20jumbo. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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mumbo jumbo
noun
mum·bo jum·bo
ˌməm-bō-ˈjəm-bō
1
: a complicated ceremony
2
: confusing or meaningless talk or activity
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