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“But the Chaudière danced and gleamed in the sunlight and was silenced by many a Canadian winter before the magic word Electricity was understood, or even the prefacing notes of Electric Force, Water-Power, were dimly realized.”
“ "Speak the magic word and the gates to the treasure swing open," she said to herself, thinking of an old Fallaji legend,”
“Gurdana damned his eyes, and for no sane reason I found myself thinking that this was the kind of crisis in which, Broadfoot had said, I might drop the magic word "Wisconsin" into the conversation.”
“Then he got the man to say the magic word that, by rights, Reece or LaDue or anyone on the St Agnes legal team would try never even to allow into testimony, let alone elicit themselves,”
“Tertullian in opposing them acknowledges that the uninstructed were against him; they could not understand the magic word oikonomia with which he conceived he had saved the situation; they declared that he taught two or three Gods, and cried "Monarchiam tenemus.”
“At the mention of the magic word Campion began to see a little daylight.”
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If it's magic...
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words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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treeseed Magic words are words which have a specific, and sometimes unintended, effect. They are often nonsense phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage prestidigitators. Certain comic book heroes use magic words to activate their super powers.
Abracadabra - prototypical magic word used by magicians
Alakazam
Cei-u used by the DC Comics superhero, Johnny Thunder, to summon his magical genie-like Thunderbolt
Hocus pocus - a phrase used by magicians
Klaatu barada nikto - A phrase used in the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still"
Open sesame - used by the character Ali Baba in the English version of a tale from the collection popularly known as 1001 Arabian Nights
Presto chango or Hey Presto - used by magicians (probably intended to suggest "quick change")
Sim Sala Bim a phrase used by magicians; popular in the 19th Century. Also, "Sim Sim Sala Bim" are the magic words said by Hadji on the shows The Adventures of Jonny Quest and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
Shazam - used by the comic book hero Captain Marvel
Izzy wizzy, let's get busy - Used on The Sooty Show when using Sooty's magic wand.
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Jan 25, 2008