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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

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

His skill in dressing these common-sense predictions up in astrological mumbo jumbo not only established his reputation in Graz, but got his salary increased to the full level appropriate for his post.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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