mumbo-jumbo

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  1. A god whose image is fantastically clothed, worshiped by certain negro tribes. Worship mighty Mumbo-Jumbo In the Mountains of the Moon. Bon Gaultier Ballads, Lay of the Lovelorn.
  2. Hence Any senseless object of popular idolatry. He never dreamed of disputing their pretensions, but did homage to the miserable Mumbo-Jumbo they paraded. Dickens, Little Dorrit, i. 18.

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  • At Peter Orszag's confirmation hearing to be Obama's director of the Office of Management and Budget, Nelson said no one has been satisfied with how the first $350 billion has been spent and added, "I think in this era of freshness and transparency that the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo-jumbo that's going on." —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
  • Nelson said no one has been satisfied with how the first $350 billion has been spent and added, "I think in this era of freshness and transparency that the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo-jumbo that's going on." —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
  • The problem is that the key doctrines of Christianity (something about Jesus Christ being God incarnate and dying for humanity's sins) are really hard to camouflage, so the Christians end up leaving that crap behind and foisting a bunch of Old Testament-style morality on people with a load of mumbo-jumbo about the Founding Fathers and Judeo-Christian tradition. —  Mattress Police
  • The dialogue was filled with plenty of earnest mystic mumbo-jumbo, usually spouted by surfer / shaman Bodhi (Swayze). —  Inside Bay Area Most Viewed
  • Usually, I get a polite, 'it's top secret' mumbo-jumbo or an even politer, it's none of my damn business. —  Adotas
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  1. Said to be a native African name; but it may be a mere loose rendering in English of African jargon.
 

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