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Political mumbo-jumbo

And that is the point, perhaps. That’s what being a politician is about today. They just won’t, ever, call a spade a spade – perhaps so that the public cannot hold them accountable even though they seem to be responsible for having made of mess of everything.

Anyways, in sum, political mumble-jumble is a politician’s muddled and evasive language intended to obscure meaning and, we assume, help the speaker evade accountability in the end.

To be fair, this is not any one single politician’s fault. It’s just the way it is, how things have, sadly, come to be. I am to suggest that all politicians are at fault, but I immediately realize that’s not saying anything either. So I’ll quit finding fault with politicians and just keep feeling sad for them.

I won’t keep feeling sad for them either. I mean, not for long. After this article is written and dealt with, I’ll clear the subject of politics off my mind completely.

Hopefully you will, too – after, of course, having coming to firm grips with “mumbo-jumbo”.

Mumbo-jumbo, incidentally, was coined by Francis Moore in the 18th century, as explained by The Phrase Finder (Phrases.org.uk):

The phrase probably originated from the Mandingo name Maamajomboo, which was a masked dancer that took part in religious ceremonies. In the 18th century Mumbo-jumbo referred to a West African god.