Noun found a voodoo who was willing to put a hex on the man who had jilted her
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Noun
The actress joked that her baby boy is her little voodoo doll, because everything that hurts him hurts her. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022 On a recent evening, an artist was busy finishing a painting of voodoo priestesses, while teenagers nearby posed in front of a mural depicting the Amazons of Dahomey, the all-female army that famously fought for the eponymous kingdom.New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Caller concerned about possible voodoo at crosswalk.Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 They are made instead by African tribesmen, Haitian voodoo priests, and visionary American preachers. John Beardsley, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2022 Also known as Simone Latrelle, Solitaire was a voodoo psychic medium and associate of Bond foe Dr. Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022 The book’s voodoo priestess warns against the reverberations of intent, deed and especially timing. Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 The film shows Jett sitting courtside in Madison Square Garden with a voodoo doll dress as whomever New York was playing. Erica L. Ayala, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Specifically, the rhythms in this song conjure up images of voodoo rituals, in some sort of midnight rendezvous with our unreliable narrator. Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 10 June 2022
Adjective
In fact, during the mid-60s, Bo was the funkiest cat of them all, a trait reflected in this 1966 collaboration with Art Neville that sounds like Otis Redding zapped with voodoo magic. Ron Hart, Billboard, 23 July 2019 Customers who feel they’ve been overcharged, customers who talk about one-hour hold times with customer service, customers who think the explanations given for their bills is voodoo economics. Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 15 Jan. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Louisiana Creole voudou, probably from Ewe vódũ tutelary deity