tomjuggler@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Professional magician here - when I do my show for kids I always get them to shout out “Boom!” and explain that it’s like a special effect in the movies.
Whenever I say I’m going to teach my favourite magic word, some kid always chimes in with “Abracadabra”. I think it’s from Vaudeville - some magician made it up and everyone copied them ever since.
T3CHT@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
You should know the origin, and surprise - it’s Latin!
Per wikipedia: “The actual origin is unknown, but one of the first appearances of the word was in a second-century work by Roman physician Serenus Sammonicus… who in chapter 52 prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing Abracadabra written in the form of a triangle.[12][13]
The power of the amulet, he claimed, makes lethal diseases go away.”
tomjuggler@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That old huh? Amazing!