Mumbo Jumbo
WordNet
noun
(1) Language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand
(2) A state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses
"He engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A deity or other supernatural being said to have been worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol.
- Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent.
- Rev. Quack's healing services are little more than mumbo jumbo.
- Any confusing or meaningless speech; nonsense, gibberish.
- Football lingo is mumbo jumbo to me.
- There were a bunch of foreigners speaking their Mumbo Jumbo clustered ahead of me at Customs.