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Greetings, fellow conjurors,

Yes I know that is a strange and peculiar title, but may I refer you to The art of Card Manipulation, By Jeff McBride. Volume 2, and the Twenty-Second word on the back cover - PRESTIDIGITATION. Anyway, neither I nor, my friends could possibly fathom out what this strange and peculiar word could mean, or even how we even pronounce this strange and peculiar Twenty-Second word. So I ask, nay plead, for your help, I know many delightfully, strange and peculiar words, - Spurious, Plumbism, Dicotyldons, Exocytosis, Anthropmorphism, Antinomianism, Legerdemain, Nefarious, Hippomonstrosesquipedolophobia, and Anti-Disestablishmentarianism, and Many more... But PRESTIDIGITATION still draws a resounding blank in my mind. Of all the words in my vocabulary, this is not one. So my question is...
What does PRESTIDIGITATION mean?
and How is PRESTIDIGITATION prounced phonetically?

Thank You, all Kindly... In advance,
Yours, One Word Short Of A Whole Dictionary-
Edward.

jing.

press-da-digit-tation.

by my understanding it means the manipulation of an object with the fingers or in parlance terms the manipulation of a coin or coins in the sequence of the misers dream.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=PRESTIDIGITATION

Performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.



Entry: magic
Function: noun
Definition: charm
Synonyms: abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocus-pocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry
Concept: supernatural
Source: Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)

Hope that helps

like.... what i said man.

but thanks for clarifying that for us i think he did want a full explanation cheers bab.

You were indeed spot on MagicDiscoMan.
Interesting that voodoo and witchcraft are listed in the Thesaurus.

...interesting and SPOOKY... as voodoo and witchcraft are types of Magic, n'est pas?

Actually, I think a voodoo type card trick would be a good idea... hmmm... now you've got me thinking...

Interesting you should say that, I was thinking about using my TT and some blood from the old bloke down the road, no I mean joke shop and doing a blood from a stone thing.
Somebody said the phrase to me yesterday and it got me thinking, normal stone, squeeze and pour it through your fingers, maybe only on halloween though.

Like it a lot...

I'm thinking on the lines of speccy selects a card - any card... They hold it close to their chest. You take a card, any card, and tear it in half. Speccy looks at their card - down the face is a drawn-ontear - just like on your card - with drawn-on blood dribbling from the rip...

But your's sounds very cool indeed... same title/theme, different media... cool!

siege force a red card say four of diamonds wrap in silk then pour out red ink from silk and end with four of diamonds with no red colour or a blank card .

ooooo both nice thoughts, I can see a scare the little beggers routine forming itself out of the graveyard.
Love those ideas, now that's got me thinking....

Can somebody come and get me please, I'm home alone and need the loo but I'm scared now

my personal favourate is to borrow a hank and say did you have a nose bleed this morning, and when they say no then say strange and pour out the blood