Hugger-Mugger (adj)
hu-ga-mu-ga
Secret, clandestine. Alternate definition, confused, disorderly.
Early 16th century: probably related to huddle and to dialect mucker ‘hoard money, conceal’.
Example sentences
“He knows something and he’s being all hugger-mugger about it!”
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