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   Lee Ayrton to jhzolitor@gmail.com   
   Re: etymology of the word "mojo"   
   21 Dec 16 20:15:27   
   
   From: layrton481@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/21/2016 5:51 PM, jhzolitor@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > I have read somewhere that MoJo refers to "monkey joint". Hence, mojo hand.   
   Has anyone else heard this?   
   >   
      
      
   What is a "monkey joint"?   
      
   The term Mojo became noticed in the 1920s, it is likely or Creole or   
   African origin indicating approximately "medicine man" "magic" or   
   "witchcraft", and entered US English through blues and jazz slang. It   
   entered white vernacular in the 1960s.   
      
   http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/mojo/   
      
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