Mysto-magic
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Something involving superstition, magical thinking, or clevery trickery; voodoo, hocus-pocus. dated, informal, rare, uncountable
"Or, put differently: the deeper art goes, the more meaningless it should become. For superficial matters, sense is valid, but for the most profound levels of human life, nonsense, mysto-magic, and something approaching mumbo-jumbo are the valid mediums of expression."
Example
More examples"Or, put differently: the deeper art goes, the more meaningless it should become. For superficial matters, sense is valid, but for the most profound levels of human life, nonsense, mysto-magic, and something approaching mumbo-jumbo are the valid mediums of expression."
Etymology
Probably derived from the Mysto Magic playsets, sold from 1909 through the 1960s.
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