b 1 5 Bazooka Meanings: • Short-range anti-tank rocket launcher • Trombone-like kazoo Origins: The word bazooka apparently originated in the 19 0s from bazoo, a slang form of kazoo. In Literature: • "Bazookas, bazookas! That's the magic word, it's a regular fetish. Bazookas for everyone!" -- Jean Genet, The Balcony, translated by Bernard Frechtman (1958) Beaurepaire In Literature: • "Riviere, lost in his own thoughts, attended to him as men of business do to a babbling brook; until suddenly from the mass of twaddle broke forth a magic word -- Beaurepaire . . ." -- Charles Reade, White Lies (1860) Bee Loo Kila In Literature: • "Pratel shouted out three magic words. 'Bee Loo Kila.' Suddenly a gaping hole appeared near the base of the hideous looking tree." -- Ted Lazaris, Dragon Man and the Poseidon Encounter (2004) Beethoven, Chopin, Vivaldi, Bach Facts: This magic phrase conjures the names of four great musical geniuses. In Literature: • Lisa Fiedler, Know-It-All (2002)