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mumbo jumbo

[muhm-boh juhm-boh] / ˈmʌm boʊ ˈdʒʌm boʊ /


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“I was very disappointed to see that we sent you a formal legal document filled with legal mumbo jumbo as the next step,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Sometimes, the words of a court room amount to mumbo jumbo to the occasional visitor.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 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

Let’s drop the pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo and just cut taxes for parents.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021

“Keep going,” said Akimi, who apparently understood engineer mumbo jumbo.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein


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