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Fool me once: the magical origin of the word hoax

Hoax likely derives from the magician's phrase "hocus pocus," possibly a corruption of Latin Eucharistic phrasing amid 17th-century anti-Catholic sentiment.

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Fool me once: the magical origin of the word hoax

#17th-century-religious-context
#17th-century-religious-context