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> "BB" <
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> > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:48:14 -0500, Charlotte wrote:
> > > Small Black Dog wrote:
> > >>
by
> > >> the film Austin Powers who 'lost' his mojo when fat ******* stole it.
> > >
> > > Doesn't the term pre-date Austin Powers by decades? I believe Jim Morrison anagramized his
> > > name into Mr. Mojo Risin' in a song made
before
> > > I was born. That may not even be the first use of the term.
> >
> > I can't believe you guys are spending so much time trying to figure out what a mojo is when its
> > defined in the article.
> >
> > And I don't have one on the bike, as it'd just end up being trail
litter.
> >
> > --
> > -BB- BB,
>
> We are trying to establish the orgin of the word and not just taking CNN
or
> Websters at their word. I first heard it from a friend who built some
great
> trails in our area. He straps on "Shaggie"; that dude from Scooby Doo.
He
> has him on there with plastic ties so he wont come off. My son wanted a Mojo so he strapped on a
> alligator head and calls him Allie. I prefer not to use one myself because I don't think luck has
> much to do with anything.
>
Meaning A have a lucky charm; your magic can't work against me. Origin Mojo means voodoo. The phrase
originated with black blues music in the US, possibly from Muddy Water's eponymous song.