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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mumbo-jumbo
mum′bō-jum′bō, n. a god worshipped by certain negro tribes in Africa: any object of foolish worship or fear.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mumbo-jumbo in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mumbo-jumbo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of mumbo-jumbo in a Sentence
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
Project Fear is really working on them. They’re terrified of this nonsense. It’s all mumbo jumbo.
What they don't want is friction at the border, they don't want any interruption of the economy. So they're sacrificing all the medium - and long-term gains out of fear of short term disruption, they're terrified of this nonsense. It's all total mumbo jumbo.
The UK generally has a great record on fighting measles, but for the first time we're suddenly going in the wrong direction, i'm afraid people have just been listening to that superstitious mumbo-jumbo on the internet, all that anti-vax stuff, and thinking that the MMR vaccine is a bad idea. That's wrong, please get your kids vaccinated.
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