P Plugh Plugh is a command. -- Nick Montfort, Twisty Little Passages (200 ) Facts: This magic word is featured in early "interactive fiction" computer games such as "Advent" and "Colossal Cave." Plugh is sometimes associated with the sounds of spitting12 or snorting. 1 In Literature: • "On a whim, he suddenly shouted 'Plugh!' Predictably, nothing happened. He shrugged and opened the door." -- Robert G. Ferrell, Tangent (2004) Pocuscadabra (see abracadabra, cadabra, and hocus pocus) Facts: This magic word is from the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Transylvania 6-5000" (196 ). Bugs the Magician uses the word to turn the menacing vampire Count Bloodcount into a "bumbling bat."14 Pon Chiki Non Non Origins: The phrase "Pon Chiki Non Non" originated in India. Facts: PonChiki is a Russian word for "doughnut." Common Magician's Applications: Vanishing. Variations and Incantations: • Pon chiki pon chiki chiki pon pon pom -- Anim-arte.com (2004) In Literature: • "He threw the fish taveez into the air, and murmured the magic words: 'Pon Chiki Non Non!' The taveez vanished in mid-air." -- Surajit Basu, "Suraj and the Fever Fiend" (2005) 12 Michael Brown, Nurses (1992) 1 Anita Coons, What About Me (200 ) 14 Steven Jay Schneider, Horror Film and Psychoanalysis (2004)