mumbo jumbo Definition
mumbo jumbo (mum′bō jum′bō)
noun
- among certain West African tribes, an idol or god believed to protect the people from evil and terrorize the women into subjection
- any idol or fetish
- any object of fear or dread
- meaningless ritual
- gibberish
Etymology: of Afr orig.: meaning, form, & dialect uncert.
mumbo jumbo Synonyms
mumbo jumbo
n.
Nonsense
jabber, gibberish, hocus-pocus, double talk, drivel, gobbledegook, psychobabble, doublespeak, wish-wash*, jazz*, guff*; see also nonsense 1.Red tape
smoke screen, run-around, officialism; see bureaucracy 1, 2, details.
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