mojon.¹

Brit.

/ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/, Caribbean English

/ˈmoːˌdʒoː/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps of African origin: compare Gullah moco witchcraft, magic, Fulfulde moco'o medicine man.Compare the (apparently reversed) form jomo, which is first attested slightly earlier (and continues to be found sporadically), but which probably shows an alteration of the present word:1925 Afro-American (Baltimore) 4 July 8/5 Will Hollins is to spend six months in jail as a result of his failure to work any spell with his famous ‘jomo’ bags on the judge of the police court here.

Originally and chiefly U.S. and Caribbean.

Magical power, voodoo, the art of casting spells; a charm or talisman used in casting such spells. More generally, esp. in recent use: a power, force, or influence of any kind (often with sexual connotations). Frequently attributive and in to have (also get) one's mojo working (chiefly figurative and allusive).The term features commonly in jazz and blues music.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]

wielingeOE

wielOE

craftOE

witchcraftOE

witchdomOE

telingc1230

demerlaykc1275

dweomercraeftc1275

sorcerya1300

magicc1387

maleficec1390

jugglerya1400

precination1503

witchery1546

maleficiousness1547

prestigiation?c1550

wizardry1583

magie1592

dark art1613

prestigion1635

conjurement1645

magomancy1652

wizardism1682

thaumaturgy1727

warlockry1818

witchwork1827

brujería1838

wizardship1882

trolldom1891

mojo1923

pixie dust1951

witchering1956

old religion1964

society > authority > power > influence > [noun]

powerc1300

authorityc1405

voice1433

swaya1510

gravity1534

force1582

bias1587

interest1600

prevalence1612

prevailance1631

pondus1638

prevailancya1649

prevailency1650

influence1652

prevalency1652

weight1710

prevailingness1757

holding1770

mojo1923

clout1958

muscle1965

1923 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. 24 Oct. 28/5 Circuit Judge Grimm held that he had not committed grand larceny when he sold to John Rogers, another negro, a Mojo bag for $85... The Mojo bag was guaranteed to be a charm strong enough to soften the heart of John's wife.

1926 N. N. Puckett Folk Beliefs Southern Negro i. 19 The term mojo is often used by the Mississippi Negroes to mean ‘charms, amulets, or tricks’, as ‘to work mojo’ on a person or ‘to carry a mojo’.

1926 in M. Leadbitter & N. Slaven Blues Records (1968) 133 My Daddy's Got The Mojo, But I Got The Say-So.

1930 R. Bass in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 382/2 There are a few signs that are more or less common to all mojo-workers.

1932 ‘C. Grant’ & ‘K. W. Wilson’ (title of song) Keep your hands off my mojo.

1960 Sunday Times 10 July 6 Muddy Waters sang about troubled love and about his ‘mojo’, a voodoo conjuration which would work on anyone but the one he wanted.

1966 Crescendo Aug. 3/2 With his weather mojo working overtime he got four hot sunny days.

1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic v. 112 The ‘mojo’ is another voodoo charm; an object of power which, according to legend, can be used to manipulate probability.

1994 R. Silverberg Hot Sky at Midnight 114 These are very sexually gifted women, and we who wander around looking for the solace of a little nookie are highly vulnerable to the mysterious mojo that throbs out at us from between their legs.

1996 New Yorker 15 Apr. 99/1 When the lights come up, on Floyd's wake, a landlady named Louise..keeps the blues mojo working.

1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Oct. 20/2 All the televised football in the world can't compensate suburban men for their lost warrior mojo.

Compounds

mojo hand n. any means through which mojo is effected; esp. a small bag of charms.

ΚΠ

1928 I. Cox Mojo Hand Blues (song) 1 I'm going to Louisiana to get myself a Mojo hand. Cause these back biting women are 'bout to take my man.

1952 Phylon 13 289 Mojo hands and other spells are sought to keep the wandering man at home, or to keep the marauding women away.

1982 R. Palmer Deep Blues 95 Muddy had seen plenty of mojo hands. They were little red flannel bags that smelled of oils and perfumes; some were pierced by a needle or two.

1989 G. Early Tuxedo Junction ii. ii. 35 It is not the experience of catharsis but rather something more akin to the experience of receiving therapy or counseling (the white 1980s version of mojo hands).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mojon.²

Brit.

/ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mojo n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense of mojo n.¹

U.S. slang.

Any narcotic drug, esp. (formerly) morphine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s)

opiate?a1425

dope1886

hop1887

Peter1899

quill1916

junk1921

narcotic1926

stuff1929

mojo1935

sugar1935

gear1954

narco1954

sauce1975

opie1992

Scooby Snack1996

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin

white stuff1908

snow1914

mojo1935

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/1 Mojo, any of the poisonous habit forming narcotics (dope).

1955 Amer. Speech 30 87 Mojo (probably from Sp. mojar, ‘to celebrate by drinking’)..a euphemism for morphine.

1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 725 An addict well supplied is on the mojo and is said to be in high.

1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 134 Mojo,..morphine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mojon.³

Brit.

/ˈməʊhəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌhoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mojo.

Etymology: < Spanish mojo (1925 in this sense; 1513 in en mojo ‘in soak’) < mojar to wet (see moil v.).

A sauce or marinade of Cuban origin, containing garlic, olive oil, sour oranges and (frequently) other citrus fruits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces

galantine1304

civya1325

egerdouce1381

gravy?c1390

camelinea1425

chawdronc1440

saffron sauce?a1505

sibber-sauce1556

ferry?1570

oxoleum1574

slabber-sauce1574

saupiquet1656

slapsauce1708

brown sauce1723

bread sauce1727

custard1747

bechamel1789

caper-sauce1791

tomato sauce1804

custard cream1805

allemande1806

sambal1815

Reading sauce1816

Harvey's Sauce1818

velouté sauce1830

suprême sauce1833

parsley sauce1836

agrodolce1838

Worcestershire sauce1843

espagnole1845

pestoa1848

cheese sauce1854

nam prik1857

Worcester sauce1863

Béarnaise sauce1868

Béarnaise1877

Yorkshire Relish1877

sauce mousseline1892

velvet sauce1893

gribiche1897

mornay sauce1900

sugo1906

sofrito1913

chile con queso1916

foo yung1917

marinara1932

pistou1951

hoisin1957

salsa verde1957

pico de gallo1958

sriracha1959

carbonara1962

amatriciana1963

arrabbiata1963

ponzu1966

puttanesca1971

chermoula1974

tikka masala1975

mojo1983

queso1989

1982 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. x. 18/4 Ladi's chefs produce some extremely tasty fish, shrimp and octopus dishes, either cold in salads or mojo (wet) in tomato and onion sauces.]

1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Feb. x. 12/1 [Pork] is often served with a red or green pepper mojo sauce.

1986 Daily Express 8 Nov. 25/2 Papas Arrigados..is cooked in salt, wrinkling the skin then doused with a fiery garlic mayonnaise called mojo.

1991 Time 19 Aug. 60/2 Not-too-sweet, no-too-tart salsas, mojos and adobados based on local fruits are vital flavoring ingredients.

1997 Gourmet June 36/2 I therefore get..a fragrant splatter announcing the completion of a garlic-and-citrus mojo (the Cuban sauce for pork and lots of other things).

2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 38/2 They share the ceviche sampler, the mussels deliciously perfumed with smoked tomato and garlic chips, seafood paellita, or a mammoth stuffed pork chop with sour-orange mojo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mojov.

Brit.

/ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mojo n.¹

Etymology: < mojo n.¹

U.S.

transitive. To conjure, cast a spell upon, jinx (a person); (more generally) to annoy, bother.

ΚΠ

1950 L. Casper Sense of Direction in Southwest Rev. 35 180/2 I won't hit him while I'm mad; but if I let him mojo me much more, he'll be like Meade in a few years, gettin stuck with some Georgian's cotton knife or stickin someone else.

1970 R. Welburn in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 356 It is overdue time To mojo the demons... Now it is time for mojo.

1996 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 29 Sept. j9 Can a white man really love a woman who is not white without being mojoed?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1923

n.²1935

n.³1983

v.1950

单词	mojo
释义	mojon.¹ Brit. /ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/, Caribbean English /ˈmoːˌdʒoː/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps of African origin: compare Gullah moco witchcraft, magic, Fulfulde moco'o medicine man.Compare the (apparently reversed) form jomo, which is first attested slightly earlier (and continues to be found sporadically), but which probably shows an alteration of the present word:1925 Afro-American (Baltimore) 4 July 8/5 Will Hollins is to spend six months in jail as a result of his failure to work any spell with his famous ‘jomo’ bags on the judge of the police court here. Originally and chiefly U.S. and Caribbean. Magical power, voodoo, the art of casting spells; a charm or talisman used in casting such spells. More generally, esp. in recent use: a power, force, or influence of any kind (often with sexual connotations). Frequently attributive and in to have (also get) one's mojo working (chiefly figurative and allusive).The term features commonly in jazz and blues music. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] wielingeOE wielOE craftOE witchcraftOE witchdomOE telingc1230 demerlaykc1275 dweomercraeftc1275 sorcerya1300 magicc1387 maleficec1390 jugglerya1400 precination1503 witchery1546 maleficiousness1547 prestigiation?c1550 wizardry1583 magie1592 dark art1613 prestigion1635 conjurement1645 magomancy1652 wizardism1682 thaumaturgy1727 warlockry1818 witchwork1827 brujería1838 wizardship1882 trolldom1891 mojo1923 pixie dust1951 witchering1956 old religion1964 society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 1923 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. 24 Oct. 28/5 Circuit Judge Grimm held that he had not committed grand larceny when he sold to John Rogers, another negro, a Mojo bag for $85... The Mojo bag was guaranteed to be a charm strong enough to soften the heart of John's wife. 1926 N. N. Puckett Folk Beliefs Southern Negro i. 19 The term mojo is often used by the Mississippi Negroes to mean ‘charms, amulets, or tricks’, as ‘to work mojo’ on a person or ‘to carry a mojo’. 1926 in M. Leadbitter & N. Slaven Blues Records (1968) 133 My Daddy's Got The Mojo, But I Got The Say-So. 1930 R. Bass in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 382/2 There are a few signs that are more or less common to all mojo-workers. 1932 ‘C. Grant’ & ‘K. W. Wilson’ (title of song) Keep your hands off my mojo. 1960 Sunday Times 10 July 6 Muddy Waters sang about troubled love and about his ‘mojo’, a voodoo conjuration which would work on anyone but the one he wanted. 1966 Crescendo Aug. 3/2 With his weather mojo working overtime he got four hot sunny days. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic v. 112 The ‘mojo’ is another voodoo charm; an object of power which, according to legend, can be used to manipulate probability. 1994 R. Silverberg Hot Sky at Midnight 114 These are very sexually gifted women, and we who wander around looking for the solace of a little nookie are highly vulnerable to the mysterious mojo that throbs out at us from between their legs. 1996 New Yorker 15 Apr. 99/1 When the lights come up, on Floyd's wake, a landlady named Louise..keeps the blues mojo working. 1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Oct. 20/2 All the televised football in the world can't compensate suburban men for their lost warrior mojo. Compounds mojo hand n. any means through which mojo is effected; esp. a small bag of charms. ΚΠ 1928 I. Cox Mojo Hand Blues (song) 1 I'm going to Louisiana to get myself a Mojo hand. Cause these back biting women are 'bout to take my man. 1952 Phylon 13 289 Mojo hands and other spells are sought to keep the wandering man at home, or to keep the marauding women away. 1982 R. Palmer Deep Blues 95 Muddy had seen plenty of mojo hands. They were little red flannel bags that smelled of oils and perfumes; some were pierced by a needle or two. 1989 G. Early Tuxedo Junction ii. ii. 35 It is not the experience of catharsis but rather something more akin to the experience of receiving therapy or counseling (the white 1980s version of mojo hands). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mojon.² Brit. /ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mojo n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific sense of mojo n.¹ U.S. slang. Any narcotic drug, esp. (formerly) morphine. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) opiate?a1425 dope1886 hop1887 Peter1899 quill1916 junk1921 narcotic1926 stuff1929 mojo1935 sugar1935 gear1954 narco1954 sauce1975 opie1992 Scooby Snack1996 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > morphine, cocaine, or heroin white stuff1908 snow1914 mojo1935 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 77/1 Mojo, any of the poisonous habit forming narcotics (dope). 1955 Amer. Speech 30 87 Mojo (probably from Sp. mojar, ‘to celebrate by drinking’)..a euphemism for morphine. 1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 725 An addict well supplied is on the mojo and is said to be in high. 1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 134 Mojo,..morphine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mojon.³ Brit. /ˈməʊhəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌhoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish mojo. Etymology: < Spanish mojo (1925 in this sense; 1513 in en mojo ‘in soak’) < mojar to wet (see moil v.). A sauce or marinade of Cuban origin, containing garlic, olive oil, sour oranges and (frequently) other citrus fruits. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces galantine1304 civya1325 egerdouce1381 gravy?c1390 camelinea1425 chawdronc1440 saffron sauce?a1505 sibber-sauce1556 ferry?1570 oxoleum1574 slabber-sauce1574 saupiquet1656 slapsauce1708 brown sauce1723 bread sauce1727 custard1747 bechamel1789 caper-sauce1791 tomato sauce1804 custard cream1805 allemande1806 sambal1815 Reading sauce1816 Harvey's Sauce1818 velouté sauce1830 suprême sauce1833 parsley sauce1836 agrodolce1838 Worcestershire sauce1843 espagnole1845 pestoa1848 cheese sauce1854 nam prik1857 Worcester sauce1863 Béarnaise sauce1868 Béarnaise1877 Yorkshire Relish1877 sauce mousseline1892 velvet sauce1893 gribiche1897 mornay sauce1900 sugo1906 sofrito1913 chile con queso1916 foo yung1917 marinara1932 pistou1951 hoisin1957 salsa verde1957 pico de gallo1958 sriracha1959 carbonara1962 amatriciana1963 arrabbiata1963 ponzu1966 puttanesca1971 chermoula1974 tikka masala1975 mojo1983 queso1989 1982 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. x. 18/4 Ladi's chefs produce some extremely tasty fish, shrimp and octopus dishes, either cold in salads or mojo (wet) in tomato and onion sauces.] 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Feb. x. 12/1 [Pork] is often served with a red or green pepper mojo sauce. 1986 Daily Express 8 Nov. 25/2 Papas Arrigados..is cooked in salt, wrinkling the skin then doused with a fiery garlic mayonnaise called mojo. 1991 Time 19 Aug. 60/2 Not-too-sweet, no-too-tart salsas, mojos and adobados based on local fruits are vital flavoring ingredients. 1997 Gourmet June 36/2 I therefore get..a fragrant splatter announcing the completion of a garlic-and-citrus mojo (the Cuban sauce for pork and lots of other things). 2000 N.Y. Mag. 3 Jan. 38/2 They share the ceviche sampler, the mussels deliciously perfumed with smoked tomato and garlic chips, seafood paellita, or a mammoth stuffed pork chop with sour-orange mojo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mojov. Brit. /ˈməʊdʒəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌdʒoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mojo n.¹ Etymology: < mojo n.¹ U.S. transitive. To conjure, cast a spell upon, jinx (a person); (more generally) to annoy, bother. ΚΠ 1950 L. Casper Sense of Direction in Southwest Rev. 35 180/2 I won't hit him while I'm mad; but if I let him mojo me much more, he'll be like Meade in a few years, gettin stuck with some Georgian's cotton knife or stickin someone else. 1970 R. Welburn in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 356 It is overdue time To mojo the demons... Now it is time for mojo. 1996 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 29 Sept. j9 Can a white man really love a woman who is not white without being mojoed? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1923n.²1935n.³1983v.1950
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Compounds

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