Australian English Meaning of mumbo jumbo

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Definitions and Meaning of mumbo jumbo in English

Wordnet

mumbo jumbo (n)

language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusion

Webster

mumbo jumbo ()

An object of superstitious homage and fear.

Webster

mumbo jumbo (n.)

Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.

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Gibberish

language or ritual causing, or intending to cause, confusionAn object of superstitious homage and fear., Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by

gab,blah,chatter,Double Dutch,gabble,gibberish,yacking,drivel,prattle,Abracadabra

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mumbling => mumbling, mumblety-peg => mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg => Mumble-the-peg, mumbler => mumbler, mumblenews => Gossip,