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What does Mojo actually mean?
Don't laugh - I do kind of know what it means, but it seems to mean different things to different people or about different things. What do you think?
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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A mojo is a magic charm - a mixture of herbs, powders, nail clippings or hair, and possibly objects such as dice - that are designed to give supernatural powers to its owner.
It is most commonly associated with sexual prowess these days.
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Originally Posted by scotty_b
most commonly associated with sexual prowess these days.
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Where'd my mojo go?? 
Ian
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Originally Posted by scotty_b
It is most commonly associated with sexual prowess these days.
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Much like Austin Powers 
"Good Music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty" Thomas Beecham
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There's some info here ... tho I'm not sure they have captured the essence of it completely:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo
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designed to give supernatural powers to its owner.
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You mean like being a Moderator? 
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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It's those darned " disambiguations" - they confuse me everytime
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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You can only boast about having such powers if you agree to wear an appropriate outfit that supports such claims
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Like this?  Or maybe this? 
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
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I was thinking more along the lines of a superhero costume, or perhaps for those moderators with megalomaniacal personality disorders, that of a supervillian.
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Mojo is one of those things that if you have to ask about, you don't have. 
P.S. (If anyone finds out, can you PM me, then we'll both know?) 
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Just watch the 3 Austin Powers Movies, thats Mojo!
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Groovie, baby, yeah!!!!
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Yes I know that it's some sort of charm. I tend to use "MOJO" when I'm pleased with my playing, ie "my mojo's working" Dont know why? but I've always used the word in association with music. Remember "Got my mojo working"
Now when I talk to God he said he'd understand, Stick by me I'll be your guiding hand. But don't ask me what I think of you. I might not give the answer you want me to.
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Of course there are several connotations of 'Mojo'. Writing about 'Mojo' in a lyric is one thing, like Jim Morrison in LA Woman or BB King ..."got my mojo working".
But I believe, especially with musicians, when the adjective "Mojo" is used, it is used in the context of magic. Magic fingers or hands playing incredible music.
So if some tells you you've got your mojo working, take it as a great compliment.
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