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The Mysterious Origins of Abracadabra and Other Magic Words (www.youtube.com)
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Fact: "prestidigitation" = "sleight of hand"

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Hmm, a bit sparse. The only new thing that I learned is that "Abracadabra" is older than I knew. Nothing on the origin of other magic words like "Simsalabim" or "Hocus-Pocus".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Here you go.

Simsalabim seems to be of unknown etymology.

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Neat - For neat stuff you found

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