Thursday, March 4, 2010

GWD: Abracadabra

The archetypal "magic word" is, yes, gnomish. The annoying, mumbo-jumbo way of it is just gnome to the bone. Likely a gnome long ago got some poor human to trade their cows for that "magic word" and off they flew.

ab·ra·ca·dab·ra
Pronunciation: \ˌa-brə-kə-ˈda-brə\
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin
Date: 1565

1 : a magical charm or incantation
2 : unintelligible language

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