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What (who) is mumbo jumbo - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Mumbo jumbo; Mumbo-jumbo; Mumbo-Jumbo; Mumbo Jumbo (disambiguation)
mumbo jumbo
also mumbo-jumbo
If you describe ideas or words, especially religious or technical ones, as mumbo jumbo, you mean that they are nonsense. (INFORMAL)
It's all full of psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo.
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
mumbo-jumbo
¦ noun informal language or ritual causing or intended to cause confusion or bewilderment.
Origin
C18 (as Mumbo Jumbo, denoting a supposed African idol): of unknown origin.
mumbo-jumbo
see mumbo jumbo
Wikipedia
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo commonly refers to:
- Mumbo jumbo (phrase), an English phrase for a meaningless ritual or nonsense
Mumbo Jumbo may also refer to:
Examples of use of mumbo jumbo
1. Since then I‘ve been clear of any superstitious mumbo–jumbo.
2. Women of Minnesota, I said, the mumbo jumbo of pro football is consigning you to irrelevance in your own home.
3. Let‘s get things into perspective folks! – Charles, Swindon We should disband the lot and start again without the mumbo jumbo.
4. By "paranormal", I mean the whole litany which encompasses religion, "psychic" powers, the mumbo–jumbo of the New Age, astrology, tarot and homoeopathy.
5. The truth is that, in spite of all the mumbo jumbo, De Wohl had been performing a vital task of which even he was not aware.