MUMBO-JUMBO


Meaning of MUMBO-JUMBO in English

mum ‧ bo-jum ‧ bo /ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ $ -boʊ ˈdʒʌmboʊ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal

[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Mumbo Jumbo name of a supposed African god ]

technical language that is difficult to understand and seems to have no sense:

a bunch of legal mumbo-jumbo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.