MAGIC WORDS ten by "The Great MacDermott" during the Russo-Turkish war, featured the lyrics: We don't want to fight But by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, We've got the money too.8 Figure 25. Jingo depicted in the form of a sigil, a graphic repre sentation meant to capture the "essence" of the word and channel its magical energy like a circuit board. Jitanjáfora Meanings: Jitanjáfora is said to express everything because it means noth ing.9 It is a playful appeal to fantasy.10 8 Wilfred Funk, Word Origins (1950) 9 Augusto Monterroso, "Entre la Niebla y el Aire Impuro" (2005) 10 Hugo J. Verani, "The Vanguardia and its Implications," The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature: Volume 2 (1996)