MAGIC WORDS In Literature: • "[S]he opened her mouth and screamed words she hadn't used since a certain junior high pep rally -- the words to the only spell she knew: 'Bibbity- boo, undo his shoe!'" -- Jayne Castle, Charmed (1999) Bickery Stickery In Literature: • Deborah Hautzig, Little Witch's Bad Dream (2000) Big Bouncy Bacon Bits Facts: This magic phrase was coined by professional magician Neale Ba con, as a way of helping his audience to remember his name after his show. Bim Bam Alakazam (see alakazam) Facts: The words bim bam imitate the sound of bells or booming explosions. In Literature: • "Bim! Bam! Alakazam! A man in a barrel went over a dam! He did it for money, the newspapers said: His pockets were empty and so was his head!" -- Ruth I. Dowell, Move Over Mother Goose (1987) Bingo Bingo is the magic word. -- C. Forrest, KlondikeMarketing.com (200 ) Mystique: The very sound of bingo signals a win, the result of lucky numbers lining up in straight or diagonal rows. When fate magically comes our way, we exuberantly cry, "Bingo!" Meanings: • Eureka! "bingo! -- I had finally struck brain!" -- Keith Ellis, The Magic Lamp (1996) 26 David Hurwitz, The Mahler Symphonies (2004)