Mumbo jumbo

/mˈʌmbəʊ dʒˈʌmbəʊ/

/mˈʌmboʊ dʒˈʌmboʊ/

[noun]

Mumbo jumbo

[NOUN]

complicated activities, rituals, or words that lack any real purpose

Examples

1. We're not here to talk about academic mumbo jumbo.

2. Hands up, who here wants to listen to academic mumbo jumbo?

3. Seems they skipped right over details in three, they say the energy healing in five is mumbo jumbo, episode six obviously as the psychic episode, has no science behind it.

4. Today, you have to eat healthy or possibly take a fiber supplement to relieve discomfort, but 50 years ago, doctors didn't bother with any of that healthy lifestyle mumbo jumbo.