hocus-pocus

noun
🔊/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
🔊/ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
[uncountable]
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  1. language or behaviour that makes no sense and is intended to hide the truth from people骗人的鬼话;花招;骗术
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from hax pax max Deus adimax, a pseudo-Latin phrase used as a magic formula by conjurors.