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mumbo jumbo
Meaning: If you describe what someone says or writes as mumbo jumbo, you think it doesn't make sense or it's not clear because it's too complex.
For example:
- The good thing about Steven's book on physics is that he tries to avoid all that scientific mumbo jumbo that most people can't understand.
- Have you ever heard the sort of mumbo jumbo that lawyers speak when they're discussing a case?
Quick Quiz:
I went to a discussion about modern literature, but it all sounded like mumbo jumbo to me. I really couldn't
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