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Definition of 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) blacked out to resolve 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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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: fraught with difficulty. | |
| Definitions include: a short amount of time. | |
| Definitions include: penis. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire. | |
| Definitions include: puzzling or confusing. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task. | |
| Definitions include: something very difficult. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with. | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: to be in serious trouble. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of goner. | |
Other terms relating to 'nonsense, lies': | |
| Definitions include: nonsense; something absurd. | |
| Definitions include: a lot of talk; "babble". | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: a collection of lies. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "full of shit". | |
| Definitions include: to anger. | |
| Definitions include: a lie, fib, or exaggeration; "tall tale". | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: nonsense. | |
| Definitions include: nonsense. | |
| Definitions include: off-brand. | |
| Definitions include: a period of time. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of bologna, i.e. nonsense. | |
| Definitions include: nonsense. | |
| Definitions include: "full of nonsense." | |
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| Definitions include: two close male friends. | |
| Definitions include: living miles away from town. | |
| Definitions include: used during some kind of competition in which one party reminds the other of the score or the results of their competition. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat soundly. | |
| Definitions include: "me". | |
| Definitions include: an impudent or arrogant person. | |
| Definitions include: sexually attractive. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "doggy style". | |
| Definitions include: to poorly connect one item to another, usually in regards to vehicles, especially important items (gas tank), or electrical wiring. | |
| Definitions include: being very drunk |
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