English / idiom
Mumbo Jumbo
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Language or ritual that seems meaningless, overly complicated, or deliberately misleading.
In context
01
The insurance agreement was stuffed with legal mumbo jumbo that ordinary clients could scarcely decipher.
02
He refused to listen to financial mumbo jumbo and demanded a transparent accounting statement.
Synonyms
gibberish,nonsense,jargon
Antonyms
plain language,clarity,lucid prose
Collocations
legal mumbo jumbo,bureaucratic mumbo jumbo,utter mumbo jumbo