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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

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

Boris Johnson has accused anti-vaccine campaigners of speaking "mumbo jumbo" when it comes to coronavirus jabs.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

Either Muhammad is easily swayed by art mumbo jumbo or he wants to get back to schmoozing, because he begins backing up.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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