abracadabra

 
Pronunciation: /ˌabrəkəˈdabrə/

exclamation

  • a word said by conjurors when performing a magic trick.

noun

[mass noun] informal
  • language used to give the impression of arcane knowledge or power: I get so fed up with all the mumbo jumbo and abracadabra

Origin:

late 17th century (as a mystical word engraved and used as a charm to ward off illness): from Latin, first recorded in a 2nd-century poem by Q. Serenus Sammonicus, from a Greek base