Meaning of magic word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any word that has a magical effect when uttered.
2. One of the words please, thank you, or hello.
3. Any word that is considered very significant in a certain situation or context.
   broadly
4. A string of text having some special function or purpose.

Equivalents

Examples

“If you learn to use magic words when you are little, it would be easy in your adulthood.”

“What's the magic word?”

“When someone offers you drugs, the magic word is no.”

“One of the magic words used in the MediaWiki software is __NOTOC__, which hides the table of contents that would normally be on the page.”

“The header consists of an optional self-execution script, a magic word, a version number, and the word offset of the first instruction, relative to the magic word.”

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