MAGIC WORDS Zim Salabim (see sim sala bim) In Literature: • Marie-Dominique Crapon, Sloughi (2004) Zim Zala Bim (see sim sala bim) Facts: Zim Zala Bim is the name of a Commodore64 computer game (1984). Variations and Incantations: • Abrakadabra zim zala bim -- Anonymous, "Earth Dream" (2000) • Zim Zala Bim, Bombbooz Zala Dim -- Chautae Repartee, "Harry Potter Goes to Amsterdam" (2001) • Zim-zala, dim-zala, zim-zala, do-zalza, day From a German nursey song, quoted in HumanValues.net (2004) • Zim Zala Pim, Pipiti Popiti Pù -- Digilander.libero.it/ludozone (2004) Zing (see also zingo) There was the sudden zip and zing of magic. -- Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic (2000) Mystique: Zing is a little bolt of flowing energy, a "tiny shock."17 It whizzes past and bounces up, glittering all the way. Zing is something we add, to get things energized and moving. Zing is also associated with release, as in the saying, "Zing went the strings of my heart." Meanings: • Amazement "[W]ow, zing and magic . . ." -- Seth Godin, Unleashing the Ideavirus (2001) • Bounce "[P]erhaps a little too much zing in my step . . ." -- Garth Nix, Lirael (2001) 17 Diana G. Gallagher, Showdown at the Mall (1997)