mo·jo ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mj) n. pl. mo·jos or mo·joes 1. A magic charm or spell. 2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo. 3. Personal magnetism; charm.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Perhaps ultimately from Fula moco'o, medicine man.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Please forgive an ignorant limey pushing in to this interminable
\r?\n> correspondence, but didn't 'mojo' originally mean heroin? In other
\r?\n> words, something addictive and overpriced. Those of us with more
\r?\n> modest bicycles have a pretty good idea of what those machines would
\r?\n> be. Stuart Tallack in Sussex "The price of bicycles has been greatly
\r?\n> reduced since the 'boom', when people paid anything up to £30 for a
\r?\n> high class machine. Today fifteen guineas will buy an even better
\r?\n> article." (How it is Made 1909)