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the original placeholder word, chanted for centuries by people who wanted results without doing the work.
means a magic word used to invoke supernatural power, now mostly said by magicians before a card trick lands.
from first recorded in a 2nd-century poem by roman physician serenus sammonicus, prescribed as an amulet cure for malaria, written in a shrinking triangle so the disease would vanish as the word did.
malaria cureworn as a written amulet, not spoken aloud
shrinking spellletters dropped one by one to shrink the fever
aramaic theorypossibly from avra kehdabra, i create as i speak
pop culture jumpsteve miller band turned it into a 1982 hit
for instance
serenus sammonicus — 2nd-century roman author who first wrote it down as medicine
steve miller band — 1982 song abracadabra hit number one in the us
harry houdini era magicians — popularized it as generic stage patter in early 1900s