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black magic

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(jargon)black magic - (Or "FM") A technique that works, though nobody really understands why. More obscure than voodoo programming, which may be done by cookbook.

Compare black art, deep magic, and magic number.
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Few, if any, had the temerity to visit old Bukawai, firstly because of fear of his black magic and the two hyenas who dwelt with him and were commonly known to be devils masquerading, and secondly because of the loathsome disease which had caused Bukawai to be an outcast--a disease which was slowly eating away his face.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
There is black magic somewhere at the bottom of this.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
His companion laughed nervously, and moved away, to repeat the conversation, with variations and exaggerations, to others of the black soldiery, so that it was not long before a frightful tale of black magic and sudden death was woven about the giant prisoner, and had gone the rounds of the camp.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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