Hokeypokey
Hokeypokey noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Usage example: every year the legislature has to go through the same hokeypokey before it balances the state budget
Muck and hokeypokey are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Muck" instead a noun "Hokeypokey".
Muck
Muck noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Usage example: there's some solid substance in this book, but the reader has to trudge through a lot of muck to get to it
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Muck and Hokeypokey. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hokeypokey/muck
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