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Definition of a mumbo jumbo
mumbo jumbo
noun
- speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field.
The doctor was just talking a lot of medical mumbo jumbo.
Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
- See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.
Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Tom from Superior, WI, USA on Apr 04 1998.
- nonsense.
- See more words with the same meaning: nonsense, lies.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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