MAGIC WORDS Origins: Constantinople took its name from the Roman Emperor Constantine, who moved the capital of the Roman empire to Byzantium in 24 CE. Facts: This is the magic word that crooked hypnotist "Voltan Polgar" uses to hypnotize Woody Allen's character in the film The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001). Contact Meanings: Contact is an electrical connection, an activation through physi cal touch. In Literature: • "And then, with less than seconds left, came the magic word: 'Contact!' Armstrong spoke first: 'Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.'" -- John Jackman and Wendy Wren, Nelson English: Student Book 5 (1996) Crack Cronk Crooky Facts: This is a magic phrase for materializing a parrot in Oral Storytelling and Teaching Mathematics by Michael Schiro (2004). Crazzabelam Facts: This is a magic word granting invisibility, as discussed in Writing Prompts by Justin McCory Martin (2001). Creativity (see also abracadabra) Mystique: Creativity is at the heart of that grand magic word abracadabra: "I create as I speak." John William Gardner notes that creativity is a magic word that people use as an incantation to empower innovation, and that creativity (like abracadabra before it) has become vulgarized over time even though its deeper meaning retains the power to liberate. Gardner explains: "When we speak of the individual as a source of renewal, we call to mind the magic word creativity -- a word of dizzying popularity at the moment. It is more than a word today; it is an incantation. People think of it as a kind of psychic Ibid.