abracadabra
exclamation
[ ˌabrəkəˈdabrə ]
• a word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick.
abracadabra
noun
• language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power.
• "I get so fed up with all the mumbo jumbo and abracadabra"
Origin:
late 17th century (as a mystical word engraved and used as a charm to ward off illness): from Latin, first recorded in a 2nd-century poem by Q. Serenus Sammonicus, from a Greek base.
