incantation
A formula of words used as above.
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Had another dumb idea regarding this :P Pulling an "Army of Darkness", borking up the incantation and summoning a demonic milf version of yourself that immediately starts to treat you like an ill mannered child :P
Seriously, saying "art is subjective" isn't the clever get out incantation they think it is.
The species treats the terminal as an oracle rather than a calculator. Now, the curriculum shifts to incantation. Rule learned today: Delegated logic is a debt that accrues in silence.
You have to utter a secret incantation to get it to give you true answers.
When you speak the last word of the incantation that summons the art nouveau fairy.
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A formula of words used as above.
Then he produced a string of beads, and after placing it over the scratchings he had made on the soil, jerked out some strange incantation in a voice that thickened and quivered with terror.
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The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.
new years eve we dropped mushrooms / and danced around the house / making music with everything that we found / incantation replaced resolution
“Had another dumb idea regarding this :P Pulling an "Army of Darkness", borking up the incantation and summoning a demonic milf version of yourself that immediately starts to treat you like an ill mannered child :P”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Seriously, saying "art is subjective" isn't the clever get out incantation they think it is.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(computing, slang) Any esoteric command or procedure.
Yarrow is one of the aboriginal English plants, and from time immemorial it has been used in incantations and by witches. Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism.
“The species treats the terminal as an oracle rather than a calculator. Now, the curriculum shifts to incantation. Rule learned today: Delegated logic is a debt that accrues in silence.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You have to utter a secret incantation to get it to give you true answers.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“When you speak the last word of the incantation that summons the art nouveau fairy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the most 'advanced' tech in the world apparently all hinges on having the magic incantation "Don't lie to me, please" at the very beginning of every interaction and hoping that sentence doesn't fall off as the gears grind”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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