Magic words are often nonsense phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians.
Magic word or Magic words may also refer to:
Computing In MediaWiki, a system that makes system information, such as the current time, available to templates and editors Hexspeak, hexadecimal "words" used in byte code to identify a specific file or data format are known as magic numbers Magic string, an input that a programmer believes will never come externally and which activates otherwise hidden functionality Xyzzy (computing), the first magic word encountered in Colossal Cave Adventure and often used as a meta-syntactic variable
Television "Magic Words", an episode of the TV series Pocoyo
Other uses Kotodama, the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names, sometimes translated as "magic words" in English Magical formula, words or formulae used in ceremonial magic Magic words (baseball), words that will likely see a player ejected from the game if directed at an umpire Magic words (politics), words or phrases as illustrative of speech that qualified as "express advocacy" in relation to United States politics "Please" and "thank you", often referred to as the magic word or magic words when teaching children manners, see Etiquette
See also Alan Moore's Magic Words, comics adaptations of four songs by Alan Moore Incantation, a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects Mantra, a sacred word, words or syllables in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages