as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk
the soothsayer's predictions were nothing but mumbo jumbo
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Recent Examples of mumbo jumbo
This is the familiar mumbo jumbo that Hollywood loves to attach to surfing, to highlight the metaphysical connection that surfers have to the waves, the ocean, and maybe even the cosmos.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Trying to decode that spirit's mystical mumbo jumbo into actionable intelligence is a key part of your effort against the Dreamscourge.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
After being attacked by a lion on safari in Ghana, he’s given a mystical botanical serum mixed with lion’s blood and some mumbo jumbo about a tarot card.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2024
Strong actors also can’t prop up a script built out of barely penetrable mumbo jumbo.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Trying to decode that spirit's mystical mumbo jumbo into actionable intelligence is a key part of your effort against the Dreamscourge.
—Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2025
After being attacked by a lion on safari in Ghana, he’s given a mystical botanical serum mixed with lion’s blood and some mumbo jumbo about a tarot card.
—Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2024
Strong actors also can’t prop up a script built out of barely penetrable mumbo jumbo.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumbo jumbo
Noun
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Reid, who would know, says that’s nonsense.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Not to mention the Epstein files nonsense.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice.—
David Velasco,
Harpers Magazine,
18 Dec. 2023
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But the games must go on, and in the third installment, he’s forced to play even more torturous rounds that divide the players further, including a terrifying game of hide-and-seek and a deadly round of double Dutch.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Girls playing double Dutch In this picture by Wayne F. Miller, young girls play double Dutch in the snow in 1940s Chicago.—
Kayla Randall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Oct. 2024
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
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There has been much chatter about possible collaborators for the upcoming album.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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There is always chatter about these type of things, but this one is unlikely to lead to anything as of now.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.—
Jennifer Rubin,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Just a few years ago, my friend would have to rely on the contents of her mind to reimagine such blah to beauty.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Trump is a fascist, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Mumbo jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumbo%20jumbo. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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