Definitions

mumbo jumbo

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

NOUN

nonsense

Synonyms

WEAK

claptrap double-talk empty talk gibberish gobbledygook hocus-pocus hogwash mere words obscuration

Example Sentences

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"I am rid of that horror," thought Gwendolen, to whom the name of Mompert had become a sort of Mumbo-jumbo.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George