MAGIC WORDS In Literature: • "Were my nostrils flaring, my eyes pulsing red? I was about to shout 'Ooga booga' and give the guy a heart attack when Scoby clambered from the rear of the truck . . ." -- Paul Beatty, The White Boy Shuffle (1996) Oola Moola Facts: These magic words are featured in A Genie's Big Book of Sickness Symptoms, a fictional spell book discussed in Little Genie: Double Trouble (2004) by Miranda Jones: "She pointed at Ali and began to mutter some magic words. 'Oola, moola, poolo, pill, please make Ali look really ill.'" Oolong Caloophid Baeower Gazots Facts: This magic incantation is featured in The Intercontinental Union of Disgusting Characters by Roger M. Wilcox (1986). The words Oolong Caloophid reference the humorous science fiction novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Wilcox explains: "Oolong Caloophid is . . . the author of that trilogy of philosophical blockbusters, 'Where God Went Wrong,' 'Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes,' and 'Who Is This God Person Anyway?'" Ooo-Cha In Literature: • "'You may have teeth as big as daggers and claws as sharp as razors,' said Emily, 'but you certainly don't have any manners, so you can have this instead.' And she thunked the tiger over the head with her good witch wand and said the magic word, 'Ooo-cha!' Instantly the tiger vanished, and in her place stood a beautiful tiger lily. Emily plucked the tiger lily and off she skipped, whistling and singing, and smelling her lovely flower." -- Coleen Sydor, Ooo-cha! (1999) Ooo Eee Ooo-Ah-Ah Ting Tang Walla-Walla Bing-Bang Facts: This phrase is a love spell chanted in the song "Witch Doctor" by David Seville (1958). "It is a song of unrequited love cured by the magic in