T 42 Tinkie Winkie, Dipsy, La La, Po Origins: This phrase lists the names of the characters from the Teletubbies television series (1997). In Literature: • "Mr. Parsons said he would only keep me on if I had a spectacular trick. I've been practising this one for weeks and it works, most of the time. Now, as you can see, this is an ordinary scarf, I put it over the phone, then I say the magic words, 'Tinkie Winkie, Dipsy, La La and Po,' and then, Hey Presto! (He hits the cloth with a hammer and there is a loud smash. When he lifts the cloth away, the phone has disappeared!)" -- Kim Fuller, "S Club Party" (2005) Tirratarratorratarratirratarratum Mystique: "[T]he long strings of formidable words which roar and moan through so many conjurations have a real effect in exalting the consciousness of the magician -- that they should do so is no more extraordinary than music of any kind should do so."28 In Literature: • "And he spoke the magic word, which must never be spoken except on Friday nights, so if you read this on any night but Friday you must skip it, and wait. The word is (Tirratarratorratarratirratarratum), and I put it in brackets, so there would be no mistake. Well, all of a sudden, after the magic word was spoken, if Sammie's ball didn't come bounding up out of that water, and it was as dry as a bone, and it had a nice, new, clean, white cover on." -- Howard R. Garis, Sammie and Susie Littletail (1910) Tokoro Ga Meanings: • "As for the matter at hand" • However • On the contrary Origins: This phrase is of Japanese origin. 28 Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice (191 )