b "'Flibbing!' he exclaimed (which I decided must be like shouting 'Bin go!' or 'Eureka!' in our language)." -- Bruce Coville, Aliens Ate my Homework (199 ) • Instantly "I'll hop behind that wheel and bingo! -- I'm sober as a judge." -- John Nichols, The Magic Journey (2000) • Like magic "You can get a strange feeling that someone is on the way, or perhaps you suddenly feel compelled to do something, or go somewhere out of the ordinary -- and bingo, there they are." -- Susan Bowes, Woman's Magic (1999) • This is it -- Dotti Enderle, The Burning Pendulum (2005) • Voilà "Now it's broken, now it's fixed. Now it's shells, now it's an egg. Bingo." -- John R. Erickson, Hank the Cowdog 24 (1995) Facts: "Bingo" is the name of the hero in the parody novel The Soddit by A.R.R.R. Roberts (200 ). During a show at the Magic Castle, professional magician Tom Ogden called bingo "the magic word I learned in church." Variations and Incantations: • Bingo-zingo -- Tim O'Brien, In the Lake of the Woods (1995) • Lingo bingo "'Lingo bingo, Wordy itch, Hide yourself From Mother Witch!' poof! The book disappeared." -- Deborah Hautzig, Little Witch Learns to Read (200 ) In Literature: • "You know it's been a good date if, at night's end, you find yourself thinking: 'Bingo!' Well, why not get the magic word out of the way earlier in the evening?" -- Joshua Benton, "A Bottle of Pop, a Crispy Taco and Thou" (2002) • "Jack fixed her with a trancelike gaze and chanted in the wizard's elderly irritable voice: 'Abracadabry, hocus-poo, Roger Skunk, how do you do, Roses, boses, pull an ear, Roger Skunk, you never fear: Bingo!" -- John Up- dike, "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" The Early Stories: 1953-1975 (200 ) Bip, Bomp, Bam Alakazam (see alakazam) In Literature: • This phrase is featured in Frankie Smith's song "Double Dutch Bus."