Black magic

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black magic

Usage: n.
Derivation: Common

black magic: n.

[common] A technique that works, though nobody really understands why. More obscure than voodoo programming, which may be done by cookbook. Compare also black art, deep magic, and magic number (sense 2).

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Source: black magic, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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