mumbo jumbo
Example Sentences
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He was speaking his usual mumbo jumbo about hardcore software-writing and “the code stack” — but, in essence, he was right.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
Instead, they’re saying, ‘Oh, we’re not recommending testing—hand-wave gesture mumbo jumbo science. … Oh, but you can test if you want to.’
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2022
The Fremen will move front and center in Part 2, and frankly there’s lots of weird mumbo jumbo to wade through in the coming chapters.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021
Hootie is the chairman of the National and the obvious person to see about the membership and the mumbo jumbo.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020
“Keep going,” said Akimi, who apparently understood engineer mumbo jumbo.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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