The way I’ve always heard it used, it basically means “scientific sounding words/sentences that are actually gibberish, used to make something with little or no

The way I’ve always heard it used, it basically means “scientific sounding words/sentences that are actually gibberish, used to make something with little or no evidence sound more credible to laypeople“. If you’re in the business of selling laypeople on fancy terms to mislead them, then sure, it’s condescending, but I think condescension is warranted in that case.