[fso301]

Anybody know the origins of the word Mumbo Jumbo?

[Lazamataz]

mumbo jumbo 1738, name of an idol supposedly worshipped by certain tribes in Africa; said to be a corruption of words in Mandingo (one version is Mama Dyumbo), but no likely source has been found in the languages of the Niger region, to which the original accounts relate. Meaning "big, empty talk" is attested from 1896.