/ ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs; NAmE ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs/ noun
[ U ] language or behaviour that is nonsense and is intended to hide the truth from people
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from hax pax max Deus adimax , a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magic formula by conjurors.