Mumbo Jumbo word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "mumbo jumbo" phrase
[noun] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
\Mum"bo Jum"bo\, n. [Perh. fr. the native name of an African god.] 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.
Synonyms for mumbo jumbo
hugger-mugger
See also: confusion | gibber | gibberish |
Related terms: anagoge, balderdash, blather, bunkum, drool, fiddle-faddle, fog, fylfot, hocus-pocus, malarkey, mummery, mysticism, obfuscation, obscuration, obscurity, occultism, rigamarole, rodomontade, shapelessness, sleight of hand, twattle, yoga
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Let's analyse "mumbo jumbo" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Four vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: OBMUJ OBMUM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2795 milliseconds. [info]
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mumbo jumbo: 3 + 6 + 3 + 6 = 18, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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