mumbo jumbo
Example Sentences
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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
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
Move past the corporate mumbo jumbo and the idea that the organizational structure matters to the casual fan.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2019
“My parents dragged me both times. It’s total mumbo jumbo, though. Nothing checks out, absolutely nothing scientific about what they claim. But people eat it up.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
