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In Literature:
• "It was full of power it had stolen from me. It had the booga booga factor
going for it." -- Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (2001)
• "Everything about the Djinn is one big, dark, booga-booga secret." -- Rachel
Caine, Windfall (2005)
• "Sooner or later you gotta put on the gruesome mask and go booga-booga."
-- Stephen King, Danse Macabre (1981)
Boogity Boogity Boo Yah
Facts: Boogity Boogity BOO YAH! is a favorite magic phrase of professional
magician Professor Piper.
Boohbah
Facts: This magic word, representing the power of imagination, is featured
in the educational computer program "Boohbah" (200 ) to stop action or
make things happen.
Boom Boom Boom
Mystique: Like the explosions of fireworks, the magic words boom boom
boom conjure a dazzling, threefold effect, each boom marking a transformation
of energy.
Common Magician's Applications: Production. For example, "The
magician covers the [mirror] glass with a silk, utters magic words, boom
boom boom (secretly giving the glass a half-twist), and lifts off the silk to
show the other compartment, the one filled with candy."
Boomerang Toomerang Soomerang
Facts: This magic phrase is featured in the television series Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood.
Ibid.
Nathaniel Schiffman, Abracadabra: Secret Methods Magicians and Others Use to Deceive
Their Audience (2005)