mumbo jumbo

  • 21Mumbo Jumbo (Banjo-Kazooie) — Mumbo Jumbo es un personaje del videojuego de Rareware titulado Banjo Kazooie para la consola Nintendo 64, que regresa en la secuela Banjo Tooie. Este personaje es un chamán que ayuda a los protagonistas del juego, Banjo y Kazooie, a avanzar en… …

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  • 22Mumbo Jumbo (The Ant And The Aardvark) — Mumbo Jumbo The Ant and the Aardvark series Directed by Art Davis Produced by David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Story by John W. Dunn …

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  • 23Mumbo jumbo (phrase) — For the video game character, see Mumbo Jumbo (Banjo Kazooie). For the novel, see Mumbo Jumbo (novel). For the roller coaster, see Mumbo Jumbo (at Flamingo Land). Mumbo jumbo, or mumbo jumbo, is an English phrase or expression that denotes a… …

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  • 24mumbo jumbo — /mum boh jum boh/, pl. mumbo jumbos. 1. meaningless incantation or ritual. 2. senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, confuse a listener, or the like. 3. an object of superstitious awe or reverence. 4. (caps.) the …

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  • 25mumbo jumbo — mum•bo jum•bo [[t]ˈmʌm boʊ ˈdʒʌm boʊ[/t]] n. pl. mumbo jum•bos 1) meaningless incantation or ritual 2) senseless or pretentious language, usu. designed to obscure or confuse 3) an object of superstitious awe or reverence • Etymology: 1738; first… …

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  • 26mumbo-jumbo — Synonyms and related words: abracadabra, bilge, blather, blether, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunkum, chant, charm, claptrap, conjuration, crap, double talk, drivel, eyewash, formula, gibberish, gobbledygook, hocus pocus, hogwash, hooey, humbug,… …

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  • 27mumbo-jumbo — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fetish; incantation, hocus pocus; gibberish, jargon, nonsense. See sorcery …

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  • 28mumbo jumbo — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Nonsense] Syn. jabber, gibberish, hocus pocus, double talk, drivel, gobbledegook, psychobabble, doublespeak, wish wash*, jazz*, guff*; see also nonsense 1 . 2. [Red tape] Syn. smoke screen, run around, officialism; see… …

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  • 29mumbo-jumbo — mum|bo jum|bo [ ,mʌmbou dʒʌmbou ] noun uncount INFORMAL ideas, beliefs, or customs that you think are nonsense …

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  • 30mumbo jumbo — Meaning Nonsense. Origin From Mama Dyanbo a Mandingo god …

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