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tavernier

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25. mumbo jumbo

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2012, 01:35 PM

Sep 2012

mumbo jumbo - Meaningless chanting and ritual; nonsensical or pretentious language. This expression evolved as an English rendering for the African deity Mama Dyumbo, whom the Mandingo tribes venerated with mystical rites incomprehensible to the European explorers. The expression is now frequently used to describe senseless or ostentatious language contrived to obscure a topic or befuddle the listener.

Mittens speaks Mandingo! Who knew??

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Well,the specifics are these which is those principles I described are the heart of my policy.” [View all] cali Sep 2012 OP

Pressed for one specific example, Romney replied, "Vjla, athea oem athea anpem grglll diswpon." Scuba Sep 2012 #1

Or "look at my website...there is lots and lots of information there" Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #3

perfect, Scuba cali Sep 2012 #5

Are you sure you translated that correctly? Vox Moi Sep 2012 #9

Nice, Vox cali Sep 2012 #10

Love it! n/t reflection Sep 2012 #11

I must admit my Romneylun is pretty rusty. Scuba Sep 2012 #16

ROMNEYLUN!. . perfect. annabanana Sep 2012 #26

Huh! What'd he say? What'd he say???? LongTomH Sep 2012 #22

It's all like the "lorem ipsum" placeholder text. Chiyo-chichi Sep 2012 #24

That's called 'word salad,' isn't it??? elleng Sep 2012 #2

why yes, I believe it is. cali Sep 2012 #4

In what respect, Charlie? pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #12

That was EXACTLY my first thought...! FirstLight Sep 2012 #18

Word salad, with extra bullshit dressing on the side!!!!! LongTomH Sep 2012 #23

a horse is a horse of course of course... grasswire Sep 2012 #6

here, w the ass showing: elleng Sep 2012 #7

That painting is at the Getty and I have a postcard of it on my fridge, lol. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #13

NOT featuring the ass, I assume!!! elleng Sep 2012 #15

Translation: that's for me to know and for YOU PEOPLE to find out meow2u3 Sep 2012 #8

Sounds like Palin...word salad azlatina Sep 2012 #14

Sounds like something Palin would have said.. n/t EC Sep 2012 #17

Maybe she is coaching him for the debate? Horse with no Name Sep 2012 #19

Now that would be an act of God EC Sep 2012 #20

Sounds Bushian to me IDemo Sep 2012 #21

mumbo jumbo tavernier Sep 2012 #25

Sounds like Monty Python's 'Ann Elk' Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #27

Has he been getting prepped by Sarah Palin the last 5 days? AC_Mem Sep 2012 #28