Mumbo Jumbo (Noun)
Meaning
Language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The local cult's leaders would speak in a mumbo jumbo of words that made no sense, confusing their followers and making them more submissive.
- The politician spoke a lot, but ultimately, it was just mumbo jumbo and failed to address any real issues.
- She found it challenging to study the ancient ritual, mainly because of the mumbo jumbo used by the elders to describe it.
- After reading through the legalese contract, it seemed to him like lawyer mumbo jumbo designed to confuse rather than inform.
- Critics claim the 'scientific breakthrough' was just a big round of intellectual mumbo jumbo with nothing substantial to show for it.