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noun 
  1. (religion) Religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fradulent.
Rev. Quack's healing services are little more than .
  1. (disparaging, sometimes racist) (proper noun) A not-understood foreign language spoken by a group perceived as belonging to a lower class than the listener, and dismissed as unimportant.
There were a bunch of foreigners speaking their Mumbo Jumbo clustered ahead of me at Customs.
  1. Any confusing or meaningless speech
Football lingo is to me.
Etymology: Probably from Mandinka


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