mumbo jumbo

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   language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion

   Broadergibberish

Questions about mumbo jumbo

What does mumbo jumbo mean?

mumbo jumbo means "language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion".

Is mumbo jumbo a common word?

mumbo jumbo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.