MAGIC WORDS High Jingo (see jingo) Mystique: High Jingo exalts the name and conjures up the power of a wise magician named Jingo. Meanings: • "Higher up manipulation" "'[H]igh jingo' [is] beat cop slang for cover-up and conspiracy by police brass." -- Rod Cockshutt, "Elmore Leonard and Michael Connelly Shine," The News and Observer (June 12, 2005) Origins: High Jingo dates back to 1670. Variations and Incantations: • High Jinko This phrase originally meant "the Great One on High" (Ivan Terrance Sanderson, Follow the Whale [1956]). • To my high jingo, to my low jingo -- James Raymond Masterson, Tall Tales of Arkansaw (1942) • Snip-snap-snorum-High Cockolorum-Jingo This is a variation of the card game Snip-snap-snorum (Cuthbert Bede, Notes and Queries [1862]). In Literature: • "'High jingo,' Bosch whispered to himself as he hung up." -- Michael Connelly, The Closers (2005) Hi Hae Haec Horum Harum Horum Origins: Hi hae haec horum harum horum are Latin pronouns with the sound of a mysterious incantation. In Literature: • "'We are traveling magicians,' replied Steve. 'You may have heard of us, for by our power this new river has begun to flow. Rhombustas is my name, and this is my familiar Balcazar.' 'I don't believe it,' said an incredulous one from behind. 'Very well, gentlemen; we can't help that. But if you give us some apples we'll prove our right to the title.' 'Be hanged if we will give you any apples,' said the boy who held the basket, 'since it is already proved that magicians are impossible.' . . . 'In that case,' said Steve, 'we -- we -- ' 'We will perform just the same,' interrupted I, for I feared Steve had forgotten that