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    Abracadabra is considered to be the most universally adopted phrase that is pronounced in other languages without translation. One hypothesis about the source of the word is Aramaic: Avrah KaDabra which means I will create as I speak. Due to its universal acceptance, it has been speculated by Bible-believers that the word predates the confusion of languages granted at the Tower of Babel in biblical times.
    It is now commonly used as an incantation by magicians. In ancient times, however, the word was taken much more seriously as an incantation to be used as a cure against fevers and inflammations. The first known mention was in De Medicina Praecepta by Serenus Sammonicus, physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla, who prescribed that the sufferer from the disease wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of an inverted cone:
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    This, he explained, diminishes the hold of the spirit of the disease over the patient. Other Roman emperors, including Geta and Alexander Severus, were followers of the medical teachings of Serenus Sammonicus and are likely to have used the incantation as well.
    There is also the view that Abracadabra derives from the Hebrew, ha-brachah, meaning the

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      A sex act during which the male is engaged in rear entry; then pretends to ejaculate on female's back by spitting, then as female turns around thinking the sexual act has ceased, the male ejaculates on her face and says, abracadabra.

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        An exclaimation of joy, fear, or nervousness. As made popular by the Dave Chapelle movie Half

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          A prototypical magic word. Like other popular magic words such as [alakazam] and [hocus pocus], abracadabra may have its origins in religious language. In The Book of Words, Lawrence Kushner suggests that its possible etymology is from Aramaic avara kedvara, I

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            Title track of the 1982 album that ruined Steve Miller's career.

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              A magical word that helps someone pull off a miracle.

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                The term used in Half Baked to inform the baked cops in the van when the drug deal was acomplished.

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                  [A word] a woman [says] to make a man [erected] uncontrollably

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                    when a [machine gun] [clad] russian [solider] annihilates 15 enemies
                    or immigrants

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                      A word said by magicians when performing a magic trick.

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                        said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help perform it successfully

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