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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

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

Through her reverie of mumbo jumbo she heard the court-appointed lawyer lean over to Richie and offer two words of legal advice: “Plead guilty.”

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride