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abracadabra(dictionary)
Abracadabra Hats(recipes)

agog (oh) and abracadabra (iou)


agog (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: en gogues 'in enjoyment, laughing']
very excited about something and wanting to find out more
::I've been agog all afternoon, waiting for the next part of your story.
::Paul was agog with curiosity.

abracadabra (iou)



abracadabra noun. M16.
[Latin, first found in Q. Serenus Sammonicus (2nd cent.), ult. from Greek.]
A cabbalistic word, supposed when written triangularly, or in some Other forms, to be a charm against fevers etc.; now used as a pretended conjuring word; a spell; gibberish.