Mumbo jumbo


Nonsense or meaningless speech.

His speech about magical phenomenology seemed to make sense at the time but now I realise it was just mumbo-jumbo.

Britain, 18th century. Deriving from an African source.

Worldwide.

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Gary Martin

Writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.