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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 told broadcasters this was the first time he was speaking out against anti-vax campaigners who were "putting out mumbo jumbo" and "spouting complete nonsense" about vaccines.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

His skill in dressing these common-sense predictions up in astrological mumbo jumbo not only established his reputation in Graz, but got his salary increased to the full level appropriate for his post.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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