mumbo jumbo

mum·bo jum·bo or mum·bo-jum·bo  (mmb-jmb)

n. pl. mum·bo jum·bos or mum·bo-jum·bos

1. Unintelligible or incomprehensible language; gibberish.

2. Language or ritualistic activity intended to confuse.

3. A complicated or obscure ritual.

4. An object believed to have supernatural powers; a fetish.

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[Perhaps of Mandingo origin .]

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mumbo jumbo

Noun

1. meaningless language; nonsense or gibberish

2. foolish religious ritual or incantation [probably from West African mama dyumbo, name of a tribal god]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mumbo jumbo - language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking

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mumbo jumbo

noun 1. gibberish, nonsense, jargon, humbug, cant, Greek (informal) claptrap (informal) gobbledegook (informal) rigmarole, double talk

noun 2. superstition, magic, ritual, hocus-pocus

Translations

mumbo jumbo [ˈmʌmbəu-] n (col) → galimatías m inv

mumbo jumbo [ˈmʌmbəu-] n (inf) → baragouin m, charabia m

mumbo jumbo [ˈmʌmbəu-] n (= nonsense) → Geschwafel nt

mumbo jumbo [ˈmʌmbəu-] n (col) → parole fpl incomprensibili