Synonyms for mumbo jumbo
noun
Nonsense
jabber, gibberish, hocus-pocus, double talk, drivel, gobbledegook, psychobabble, doublespeak, wish-wash*, jazz*, guff*; see also nonsense 1.
Red tape
smoke screen, run-around, officialism; see bureaucracy 1, 2, details.
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noun
Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or language:
abracadabra, double talk, gibberish, gobbledygook, jabberwocky. See clear, wordsEsoteric, formulaic, and often incomprehensible speech relating to the occult:
abracadabra, gibberish, hocus-pocus. See clear, supernatural, words
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